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Internal Assessment Information
What in the World is a Internal Assessment?
Internal Assessments (IA) makes up 24% of your mark for IB Biology (what the college receives). Each IB Group 4 Experimental Science student maintains a portfolio (“Practical Scheme of Work” or PSOW in IB lingo). This portfolio contains laboratory work that I have graded (internally assessed) using IB’s scoring rubric. The IB Organization (IBO) mandates the number of hours we spend in the laboratory but not the number or topics of Internally Assessed lab reports. IBO does stipulate that, in a two-year Standard Level (SL) course, student work must be judged against three main criteria at least twice. If any of the criteria are assessed more than twice, then the student will be awarded the two highest scores. The three formative Internal Assessment Criteria are:
Each of the criteria is subdivided into three aspects. Descriptions are provided below to indicate what is needed to meet the requirements of a given aspect completely (2 pts), partially (1 pt), or not at all (0 pts). These judgments are then translated into a score out of a maximum of 6 for each of the three criteria (see example below).
Internal Assessments (IA) makes up 24% of your mark for IB Biology (what the college receives). Each IB Group 4 Experimental Science student maintains a portfolio (“Practical Scheme of Work” or PSOW in IB lingo). This portfolio contains laboratory work that I have graded (internally assessed) using IB’s scoring rubric. The IB Organization (IBO) mandates the number of hours we spend in the laboratory but not the number or topics of Internally Assessed lab reports. IBO does stipulate that, in a two-year Standard Level (SL) course, student work must be judged against three main criteria at least twice. If any of the criteria are assessed more than twice, then the student will be awarded the two highest scores. The three formative Internal Assessment Criteria are:
- Design
- Data Collection and Processing
- Conclusion and Evaluation.
Each of the criteria is subdivided into three aspects. Descriptions are provided below to indicate what is needed to meet the requirements of a given aspect completely (2 pts), partially (1 pt), or not at all (0 pts). These judgments are then translated into a score out of a maximum of 6 for each of the three criteria (see example below).
Internal Assessment Rubric
Internal Assessment Grading Checklist
Internal Assessment Format - IB Biology
Internal Assessment - Design Instructions (Examples)
Internal Assessment - Data Collection and Processing (Examples)
Internal Assessment - Conclusion and Evaluation (Examples)
Excel Instructions Worksheet 1 - Graphing the Mean and Standard Deviation
Excel Instructions Worksheet 2
Internal Assessment Grading Checklist
Internal Assessment Format - IB Biology
Internal Assessment - Design Instructions (Examples)
Internal Assessment - Data Collection and Processing (Examples)
Internal Assessment - Conclusion and Evaluation (Examples)
Excel Instructions Worksheet 1 - Graphing the Mean and Standard Deviation
Excel Instructions Worksheet 2