IB reviews results

THE International Baccalaureate (IB) will make adjustments to its diploma programme (DP) and career-related programme (CP) results for the May 2020 session.

While this will be done using predicted grades and coursework (IA), the IB said no student will incur an overall point score decrease from the originally issued grades.

“With these adjustments, IB students will have another progression option to tertiary sectors and systems around the world where grade inflation has occurred, or grade comparability has been maintained.

“Given the current unprecedented circumstances, using the IAs as the basis for awarding the updated grades provides an accurate and reliable reflection of an IB student’s performance.

“The IA grades are based on student coursework and assessed by trained independent IB examiners,” the IB said in a statement last Monday.

Following the cancellation of the May 2020 exams due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the IB made a commitment that its students would receive a grade at subject level and be awarded the Diploma or Certificate.

To achieve this, IB World Schools were asked to upload all internal assessment work and predicted grades.

This meant that every enrolled DP and CP student who took the May 2020 exams and has completed all elements of the programmes’ core elements, was issued with a Course Certificate which reflects their standard of work.

Of the 3,020 schools receiving results for the May 2020 session, IB said 700 schools had submitted a review request on behalf of their students.

It said that the adjustments were made while maintaining the validity and recognition of IB Assessments.

Go to ibo.org/news/news-aboutthe-ib/update-M2-DP-CP-results for details on the adjustment.