IB Personal Project (MYP) External Assessment Exemplar

The inclusion of budgeting steps shows awareness of the practical processes involved in producing the magazine.

Specific ATL skills (for example, research, communication, self-management or collaboration) are not named or described.

There are no concrete examples explaining how any ATL skill contributed to drafting, revising or finalising your content and layout.

Opportunities to highlight how you used self-management to meet deadlines or collaboration to gather feedback have been missed.

The table of contents establishes a clear structural framework for the report.

The visual design is engaging and demonstrates strong aesthetic appeal.

There is no sequenced action plan with timelines, tasks and required resources to guide the production of each section.

A clear learning goal is not stated, nor is there a connection to personal interest explaining why this magazine matters.

The “Planning Guides” section reads as reader-facing content rather than a description of how you organized and managed your own work.

Design choices are not explicitly linked back to any stated success criteria, weakening the strategic focus of your plan.

A closing note indicates an effort to bring the project to a reflective conclusion.

There is no systematic evaluation of the magazine against the success criteria with supporting evidence or examples.

The reflection omits discussion of how the project impacted your learning, including which skills you developed or insights you gained.

You have not detailed the ways in which creating the magazine influenced your personal or academic growth.