IB Global Politics SL Internal Assessment Example

The student clearly identifies the political issue and explains why it matters in the context of educational inequality.

The student justifies the project’s focus with strong local evidence and a clear link to SDG 4.

The student selects stakeholders from different levels of the education system, which gives the project a broad and purposeful foundation.

The student could make the choice of Santa Cruz even more deliberate by briefly explaining why it is especially suitable for the investigation.

The student could link each engagement more explicitly to a different part of the research question.

At times, the justification could be slightly sharper in showing how each activity contributes to the inquiry’s analytical value.

The student shows a clearly planned engagement process by choosing stakeholders with different roles in the education system.

The student's questions are purposeful and aligned with the investigation, rather than being generic interviews.

The student integrates the engagement into the report so that it supports the inquiry instead of sitting apart from it.

The student could show more clearly how one interview informed the next stage of the process.

It would strengthen the process to show what the student did when source perspectives did not fully align.

The research pathway would feel even more deliberate if the student explained the sequence of decisions behind their engagement choices.