Assessment
Standard Level
External Assessment
Paper 1 - 1 hour and 15 minutes
Extended response paper (25 marks)
Assessment objectives: AO1, AO2, AO3, AO4
Syllabus content (excluding HL extension material)
Students answer one question from a choice of three.
Weight 30%
Paper 2 - 1 hour and 45 minutes
Data response paper (40 marks)
Assessment objectives: AO1, AO2, AO3, AO4
Syllabus content (excluding HL extension material). Includes some quantitative questions.
Students answer one question from a choice of two.
Weight: 40%
Internal Assessment
Portfolio
This component is internally assessed by the teacher and externally moderated by the IB at the end of the course. Students produce a portfolio of three commentaries, based on different units of the syllabus (excluding the introductory unit) and on published extracts from the news media. Each of the three commentaries should use a different key concept as a lens through which to analyse the published extracts.
Maximum 800 words for each commentary (45 marks) - Weight: 30%
Criteria
A: Diagrams (3 marks)
B: Terminology (2 marks)
C: Application and analysis (3 marks)
D: Key concept (3 marks)
E: Evaluation (3 marks)
F: Rubric requirements (3 marks)
Higher Level
External Assessment
Paper 1 - 1 hour and 15 minutes
Extended response paper (25 marks) Assessment objectives: AO1, AO2, AO3, AO4
Syllabus content including HL extension material.
Students answer one question from a choice of three.
Weight: 20%
Paper 2 - 1 hour and 45 minutes
Data response paper (40 marks)
Assessment objectives: AO1, AO2, AO3, AO4
Syllabus content including HL extension material. Includes some quantitative questions.
Students answer one question from a choice of two.
Weight: 30%
Paper 3 - 1 hour and 45 minutes
Policy paper (60 marks)
Assessment objectives: AO1, AO2, AO3, AO4
Syllabus content including HL extension material. Includes both quantitative and qualitative questions.
Students answer two compulsory questions. (30 marks per question)
Weight: 30%
Internal Assessment
Portfolio
This component is internally assessed by the teacher and externally moderated by the IB at the end of the course. Students produce a portfolio of three commentaries, based on different units of the syllabus (excluding the introductory unit) and on published extracts from the news media. Each of the three commentaries should use a different key concept as a lens through which to analyse the published extracts.
Maximum 800 words for each commentary (45 marks)
Weight: 20%
Criteria
A: Diagrams (3 marks)
B: Terminology (2 marks)
C: Application and analysis (3 marks)
D: Key concept (3 marks)
E: Evaluation (3 marks)
F: Rubric requirements (3 marks)
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