IB Speak Glossary

IB Speak IA – Internal Assessment: Assessment completed in the school and submitted to IB for moderation. Usually about 20% of Final IB grade External Assessment: Assessment marked by IB. Usually about 70% of final IB grade. Papers: Exams

IB Speak Scripts: Completed exams IBA: IB Americas IBCA: IB Curriculum and Assessment Office located in Cardiff Regional Office: One of several administrative centres. New York – soon to be in Virginia - Buenos Aires and Vancouver are the regional Offices for IBA

IB Speak Certificate Candidates: Students registered in IB Program, but not taking all the requirements for the IB Diploma Diploma Candidates: Students registered in their final year of the program taking all the requirements for the IB Diploma. Anticipated Candidates: Students registered in their first year of the program and expecting to take all the requirements for the IB Diploma.

IB Speak Higher Level (HL): Courses offered in more depth and at a higher degree of difficulty -240 hours Standard Level (SL): Courses offered in less depth hours ab initio: Introductory language level

IB Speak CAS: Creativity, Action, Service EE: Extended Essay ToK: Theory of Knowledge Moderation: A process by which an IB Examiner checks assessed work to ensure that standards and criterion are being applied correctly and consistently.

IB Speak World Literature Paper: External Assessment Component for Language A1 subjects. Oral Samples: Internal Assessment Components for Language A & B subjects. Predicted Grades: The grades, on the IB 7 Point Scale, that a teacher believes a candidate will achieve once all IB assessments are complete.

IB Speak Portfolio: IA for Group 4 and Group 5 Handbook of Procedures: The manual for administering the IB Program – online and hardcopy available Core: EE, ToK, CAS OCC: Online Curriculum Centre IBIS: IB Information System - administrative interface for Coordinators

IB Speak Enquiry Upon Results (EUR): Request for remark or return of externally marked material