Assessment and Exams
Assessment and Exams
Assessment outline for PreIB
As the PreIB course follows the levels and regulations for the Danish stx 1g course, PreIB students will be tested in a similar number of subjects as an average stx 1g student. The Danish grading system (-03 to 12) is used.
All exams are internally assessed by teachers from Hasseris Gymnasium & IB World School.
During the first term of PreIB students have exams in
- General Science
- General Linguistics
By the end of the school year PreIB students have written and oral mock exams in some of the PreIB subjects. Which subjects will be tested by an exam will not be announced until the middle of May when the Danish stx exam schedule is released. In PreIB students also write a “PreIB Historical Investigation” as part of the preparation for the academic methods used in the IB Diploma Programme. In Music the mock exam consists of active participation in a concert performed at the IB2-End-of-Exam celebration in May, and in Visual Arts the mock exam is an exhibition based on a Spring Project. As a mock exam activity, the PreIB students also participate in a Core Exhibition presented by the students in IB1.
Assessment outline for the IB Programme
The final IB examinations conclude a two-year teaching period, during which a variety of assessment methods have been used to acknowledge both the content and the process of academic achievement and to take into account different learning styles. Thus, during IB1 and IB2 exams are both internally assessed by IB subject teachers from Hasseris Gymnasium and externally assessed by an international board of examiners, both of which measure student performance rigorously according to established IB standards and criteria that are consistent from place to place and year to year.
The assessment follows this outline:
- Throughout IB1 & IB2: Oral and written External and Internal Assessments (EAs and IAs), projects and portfolios
- By the end of IB1: written mock exams in all subjects in most papers
- Winter IB2: written mock exams in all subjects in all papers
- April/May in IB2: written exams in all subjects (over 3 weeks, 2 to 3 papers in each subject)
The IB grading system
In the IB Diploma Programme a student’s examination performance in individual subjects is scored on a scale of 1–7 points with a further 3 points available based on a matrix of performance in Theory of Knowledge (ToK) and the Extended Essay (EE).
In order to achieve the IB Diploma a candidate must fulfil certain requirements; at its most basic level students must achieve at least 24 points from their combined grades in six subjects, together with their grades for ToK, the EE, and also complete the Creativity, Activity, Service (CAS) element. However, to ensure that a diploma reflects sufficient breadth in achievement across subjects and the core there are particular requirements which are failing conditions when not met.
Detailed information about IB assessment methods can be found on the school’s webpage and the IBO webpage.
Assessment Policy
At Hasseris Gymnasium & IB World School we want our students to feel assured that we are working towards a common goal: That students realize all their potential, and that they are in an environment where trust and confidence make it possible to place value both on personal integrity and responsibility as well as academic integrity.
We also want to create a learning environment in which students are asked to be actively engaged in and take a personal responsibility for their education while aspiring to achieve the highest academic goals.