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Glossary
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• IA – Internal Assessment: Assessment
completed in the school and submitted to IB
for moderation. Usually about 20% of Final IB
grade
• External Assessment: Assessment marked by
IB. Usually about 70% of final IB grade.
• Papers: Exams
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• Scripts: Completed exams
• IBA: IB Americas
• IBCA: IB Curriculum and Assessment Office
located in Cardiff
• Regional Office: One of several administrative
centres. New York – soon to be in Virginia Buenos Aires and Vancouver are the regional
Offices for IBA
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• Certificate Candidates: Students registered in IB
Program, but not taking all the requirements for the
IB Diploma
• Diploma Candidates: Students registered in their
final year of the program taking all the requirements
for the IB Diploma.
• Anticipated Candidates: Students registered in their
first year of the program and expecting to take all the
requirements for the IB Diploma.
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• Higher Level (HL): Courses offered in more
depth and at a higher degree of difficulty -240
hours
• Standard Level (SL): Courses offered in less
depth - 150 hours
• ab initio: Introductory language level
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CAS: Creativity, Action, Service
EE: Extended Essay
ToK: Theory of Knowledge
Moderation: A process by which an IB
Examiner checks assessed work to ensure that
standards and criterion are being applied
correctly and consistently.
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• World Literature Paper: External Assessment
Component for Language A1 subjects.
• Oral Samples: Internal Assessment
Components for Language A & B subjects.
• Predicted Grades: The grades, on the IB 7
Point Scale, that a teacher believes a
candidate will achieve once all IB assessments
are complete.
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• Portfolio: IA for Group 4 and Group 5
• Handbook of Procedures: The manual for
administering the IB Program – online and
hardcopy available
• Core: EE, ToK, CAS
• OCC: Online Curriculum Centre
• IBIS: IB Information System - administrative
interface for Coordinators
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• Enquiry Upon Results (EUR): Request for
remark or return of externally marked
material