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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