🏫 1. Teacher Marks the IA
- Your teacher evaluates your IA using IB’s subject-specific criteria.
- They're expected to apply these standards uniformly across all students in the school.
📤 2. Submission of Marks and Samples to IB
- Schools send all IA marks plus a selected sample of student work.
- IB chooses samples representing high, medium, and low marks to verify consistency.
🌍 3. External Moderation by IB Examiners
- Trained IB examiners review the selected sample to assess alignment with global marking standards.
- They determine whether your teacher’s marks are too generous, too harsh, or spot-on.
⚖️ 4. Adjustment Through Moderation Factor
- If discrepancies are found, the IB calculates a moderation factor to adjust your school’s IA marks.
- All students in the subject receive scaled scores—either upward or downward—to match global expectations.
🧾 5. Feedback Provided to Schools
- Schools receive reports detailing how their marks compared to IB standards.
- This feedback helps teachers improve marking accuracy in future cycles.
🏁 6. Final IA Marks and Subject Grade
- After moderation, your final IA mark is combined with your exam scores.
- This combined score determines your final IB subject grade.
🎯 Why Moderation Matters
- Ensures fairness and equity across every IB school worldwide.
- Helps uphold the reliability and credibility of IB grades.
- Protects students from potential teacher bias or inconsistency in marking.
📘 What You Should Know
- IA moderation applies to all subjects with internal components—sciences, economics, languages, etc.
- The moderation process is automatic; teachers and students don't select which work is moderated.
- All students in the sample are treated equally—your workload, effort, and grades are validated through a global standard.
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❓ FAQs
- Do IA scores actually change after moderation?
Yes—if the examiner's review identifies a pattern of inconsistent marking. Adjustments are made for the entire class. - Can moderation hurt my score unfairly?
It's a statistical adjustment across the cohort—individual effort isn’t penalized. - Will I know if my mark was moderated?
Not directly; you'll just see the final, moderated score from your school. - Does every student’s IA get reviewed?
No—but a representative sample is checked to ensure marking accuracy. - Does moderation apply to all IB subjects?
Yes—all subjects with internal assessments undergo moderation. - Is teacher bias a serious issue?
The moderation process is designed to minimize any bias, ensuring fairness globally.
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