14-15 How do we Assess Students in the MYP Programme

IB MYP
Progress
Report
• Teachers organize continuous assessment in their courses,
according to specified MYP assessment criteria.
SAMPLE MYP CRITERIA:
SCIENCES
SOCIAL STUDIES
• Each set of MYP Criteria contains a series of objectives.
SAMPLE MYP CRITERION WITH OBJECTIVES FROM SOCIAL STUDIES:
• Teachers are responsible for structuring varied and valid
assessment tasks that will allow students to demonstrate
achievement according to the objectives for each subject
group. These may include:
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open-ended, problem-solving activities
investigations
organized debates
hands-on experimentation
analysis and reflection
essays
quizzes and tests.
The recording and reporting of
individual levels of
achievement are organized in
ways that provide students with
detailed feedback on their
progress as it relates to the
assessment criteria for each
subject group.
An MYP Progress Report
based on the MYP Criteria
will distributed each
semester.
Subject specific MYP
rubrics are used to
describe the students’
level of understanding
on the task.
Achievement levels on
MYP tasks should
never be converted
into percentage
scores.
Process the data:
Each criterion should be assessed twice per semester in
each subject area. The most appropriate score for each
criterion is the final score recorded on the progress report*
*Each subject area has 4
criteria worth 8 points each.
32 is the criterion level total.
A final score will be given
separately for each
semester.
Sample Semester Progress
Report for Math and Science
Scores for all criteria are then added to
determine an IB grade for each subject.
We compare the total to the IB Grade
Boundary Chart
IB descriptors are used to interpret what the
grade means.
Contact Rachel Johns, MYP Coordinator
[email protected]