IGHS IB DIPLOMA PROGRAMME
ASSESSMENT CALENDAR
Year 1 (Junior Year)
August
2015
August/September
September
October
November
November
December
IB Diploma Students and Parents meet with CAS Coordinator in
preparation for their CAS Activities for SY 2015/2016
IB Diploma students receive their IB Assessment Calendar for
2015/2016
Teachers orient students on IB internal assessments in their subjects
IB Diploma students are assessed exam fees for junior year (if
applicable)
Extended Essay kickoff. DP candidates receive all paperwork,
timeline and an introduction to Extended Essay
Extended Essay Meeting. Students discuss emergent ideas with
representatives from each department and IB Coordinator.
Extended Essay Student/Mentor Establishment form due to IB
Coordinator
Extended Essay Proposal due to IB Coordinator.
Extended Essay - Students begin to create the annotated
bibliography and preliminary outline with faculty mentor. Begin to
develop a body of research and focus on topic.
Extended Essay – Faculty Member/Student EE Progress Report due.
Mentor and parent signature required.
December/January
February
Film Studies – Internal Exam – Production Portfolio
Extended Essay MANDATORY WORKSHOP (Discussion of
topics, share ideas, get guidance on writing)
February
Language B – Internal Assessment – Practice Orals
ALL CAS FORMS, HOURS, FINAL ESSAYS AND
REFLECTIVE JOURNALS ARE DUE
Language A: Literature-Written Assignment – Reflective Statement
and Literary Essay studied in Part I
Students should be actively working on introduction and final
outline.
February
February
March
BEWARE THE IDES OF MARCH
In all IB courses, students must complete internal assessments in time for the teacher to grade
according to IB criteria and turn in to IB Coordinator BEFORE MARCH 1.
April
Extended Essay – Faculty Member/Student EE Progress Report due.
Mentor and Parent Signature Required
Late April
Extended Essay – Student submit introduction and final outline to
mentor and IB Coordinator
May
Extended Essay – Students should be working on first draft
May
Language A: Literature – Internal Assessment - Individual oral
presentation.
May
AP Exams
Extended Essay – Summer research plan discussed with TOK
Teacher, IB Coordinator, Students and Parents
June
Year 2 (Senior Year)
August
2016
September 2016
October
October
October
November
December
December
January
February
IB Diploma Students and Parents meet with CAS Coordinator in
preparation for their CAS Activities for SY 2016/2017
Extended Essay – MANDATORY - First draft due to Mentor and
IB Coordinator. Students who do not submit first draft will be in
jeopardy of being removed from the Programme
Extended Essay – MANDATORY – Second Draft Due: Students
must submit a copy of their second draft to their faculty mentor and
the IB Coordinator. Student sets up date to discuss second draft with
IB Coordinator.
Mathematics SL – Introduction to Mathematical Exploration
Assessment
Exam fees are due to IB Coordinator
Extended Essay-Complete Final Draft: Students submit three paper
copies of their completed Extended Essay to the IB Coordinator.
Extended Essay Final Draft Due
Viva voce: A short interview with the student and the IB
Coordinator. The Viva voce helps:
 Monitor plagiarism and malpractice in general.
 Reflection on successes and difficulties in the research
process.
 Reflection on what has been learned.
Mathematics SL – Internal Mid-term Exam
Language A: Literature-Written Assignment – Revised Reflective
Statement and Literary essay studied in Part I
ALL CAS FORMS, HOURS, FINAL ESSAYS AND
REFLECTIVE JOURNALS ARE DUE
BEWARE THE IDES OF MARCH
EE’S MUST BE MAILED BY MARCH 1
In all IB courses, students must complete internal assessments in time for the teacher to grade
according to IB criteria and turn in to IB Coordinator BEFORE MARCH 1
March
March 1
Language A: Literature – Internal Assessment - Individual oral
commentary and discussion.
Language A: Literature – External Assessment – Written
March
March
assignment (from junior year) final submission
Language B – Internal assessment - written assignment
Geography HL – Internal Assessment Field Work: leading to one
written report based on field work question, information collection
and analysis with evaluation.
There are seven internal assessment criteria for fieldwork.
Criterion A Fieldwork question and geographic context
Criterion B Method(s) of investigation
Criterion C Quality and treatment of information collected
Criterion D Written analysis
Criterion E Conclusion
Criterion F Evaluation
Criterion G Formal requirements
Total
April 1
April 10
May
May
3 marks
3 marks
5 marks
10 marks
2 marks
3 marks
4 marks
30 marks
Computer scores for all Internal Assessments, TOK’s, and EE’s
must be submitted electronically….Also the predicted grades for all
assessments must be submitted (for ex. scores 1-7)
Send samples of Internal Assessments as directed by IB….They
will send a list
Environmental Systems: (Group 4 Project Due)
IB Exams
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Mathematics SL – External Exams SL (Paper A and Paper
B)
Film Studies – External Exam HL (Independent Study and
Presentation)
Language A: Literature HL - (Paper 1 and Paper 2)
Environmental Systems SL – External Exam
Language B SL – External Exam
Geography HL – External Exam