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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

IB Speak• 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

IB Speak• 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.

IB Speak• 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.

IB Speak• 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