The University Predicted Grades process in ib economics
INTRODUCTION: The following information is provided to students studying IB Economics to explain the process by which predicted grades for colleges and universities is arrived at by your teacher in Economics. It is important that this process is clear and transparent so that you are aware what is required of you to be predicted an IB grade in Economics at the beginning of October of Year 13 for university applications. Please read this information carefully and email me any queries that you have so that I can answer them immediately.
There are 4 significant sources of information that your teacher will use to arrive at your predicted grade and these will be applied to all students so that the process is fair and again to ensure transparency for all. Weightings for each data source will be 25% and the overall score for each grade will follow the following grade boundaries:
Schedule A:
Grade Level 7 77%+
Grade Level 6 64%-76%
Grade Level 5 51%-63%
Grade Level 4 39%-50%
Data source 1: Through course Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ's). Up to this point in your IB you have been assessed lesson by lesson through the use of MCQ's. As you know these have weighting in your final predicted grade as they are a clear lesson by lesson indicator of your progress through the course content and give a focused snapshot of your understanding of topics as you studied the topic.
Average:
7 - 90+
6 - 80%
5 - 70%
4 - 60%
3 - 50%
Data source 2: The Mid Course Assessment (MCA). The Mid Course Assessment taken in May of Year 12 provides the teacher with another indication of how students will perform in their final examinations and under examination conditions. Student's grade boundaries in these mid course assessments are identical to the ones above in Schedule A and it is your actual percentage score that is carried over to the final calculation.
Data source 3: The Final Predicted Grade as an average across the 3 terms of reports of Year 12. This grade is determined largely by aptitude, effort and outcome through the 3 report cycles and the average grade will be utilized as a determinant of the final grade with a weighted number being awarded based on the average across Year 12.
Data source 4: In the third week of Year 13, Year 13 Economics students will complete a Paper 1 style examination in their double lesson. This gives students a further opportunity to demonstrate their knowledge and understanding of the subject following on from the MCA. As the assessment will come soon after the conclusion of the summer break it also gives students the opportunity to consolidate their understanding of Units 1 and 2 of the course over the summer, this is an incredibly important process given the importance of Paper 1 to the final outcome of the course grade. The grade boundaries will again be those listed in Schedule A.
Finally it is important that the university predicted grade allows students to demonstrate their true potential to achieve grades in IB Economics by the Summer of Year 13 and as such students that exceed their Year 12 performance significantly in the September Assessment may ask for this to be weighted in their favor.
Important n.b.: If a student achieves a grade during the Data source 4 assessment greater than the weighted average of the 4 data sources used above, the teacher may take this into consideration when deciding on a university predicted grade for the student.
There are 4 significant sources of information that your teacher will use to arrive at your predicted grade and these will be applied to all students so that the process is fair and again to ensure transparency for all. Weightings for each data source will be 25% and the overall score for each grade will follow the following grade boundaries:
Schedule A:
Grade Level 7 77%+
Grade Level 6 64%-76%
Grade Level 5 51%-63%
Grade Level 4 39%-50%
Data source 1: Through course Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ's). Up to this point in your IB you have been assessed lesson by lesson through the use of MCQ's. As you know these have weighting in your final predicted grade as they are a clear lesson by lesson indicator of your progress through the course content and give a focused snapshot of your understanding of topics as you studied the topic.
Average:
7 - 90+
6 - 80%
5 - 70%
4 - 60%
3 - 50%
Data source 2: The Mid Course Assessment (MCA). The Mid Course Assessment taken in May of Year 12 provides the teacher with another indication of how students will perform in their final examinations and under examination conditions. Student's grade boundaries in these mid course assessments are identical to the ones above in Schedule A and it is your actual percentage score that is carried over to the final calculation.
Data source 3: The Final Predicted Grade as an average across the 3 terms of reports of Year 12. This grade is determined largely by aptitude, effort and outcome through the 3 report cycles and the average grade will be utilized as a determinant of the final grade with a weighted number being awarded based on the average across Year 12.
Data source 4: In the third week of Year 13, Year 13 Economics students will complete a Paper 1 style examination in their double lesson. This gives students a further opportunity to demonstrate their knowledge and understanding of the subject following on from the MCA. As the assessment will come soon after the conclusion of the summer break it also gives students the opportunity to consolidate their understanding of Units 1 and 2 of the course over the summer, this is an incredibly important process given the importance of Paper 1 to the final outcome of the course grade. The grade boundaries will again be those listed in Schedule A.
Finally it is important that the university predicted grade allows students to demonstrate their true potential to achieve grades in IB Economics by the Summer of Year 13 and as such students that exceed their Year 12 performance significantly in the September Assessment may ask for this to be weighted in their favor.
Important n.b.: If a student achieves a grade during the Data source 4 assessment greater than the weighted average of the 4 data sources used above, the teacher may take this into consideration when deciding on a university predicted grade for the student.