How IB Criteria Laboratory Activities Are Graded
There are 8 assessemnt criteria that are used to assess the work of standard level candidates. These criteria are the following:
- Planning (a), or Pl(a)
- This assessment criteria has three aspects.
- Planning (b), or Pl(b)
- This assessment criteria has three aspects.
- Data Collection, or DC
- This assessment criteria has three aspects.
- Data Processing and Presentation, or DPP
- This assessment criteria has two aspects.
- Conclusion and Evaluation, or CE
- This assessment criteria has three aspects.
- Manipulative Skills, or MS
- This assessment criteria has two aspects.
- Personal Skills (a), or PS(a)
- This assessment criteria has three aspects.
- Personal Skills (b), or PS(b)
- This assessment criteria has three aspects.
Criteria assessment grades for labs with three aspects:
| Aspects Total | Aspects Value
|
| ccc | 3
|
| ccp, ccn, cpp | 2
|
| ppp, cpn, cnn, ppn | 1
|
| pnn, nnn | 0
|
Criteria assessment grades for labs with two aspects:
| Aspects Total | Aspects Value
|
| cc | 3
|
| cp | 2
|
| cn, pp | 1
|
| pn, nn | 0
|
How criteria assessment labs translate into a grade for my class:
For labs with three criteria assessments:
| Criteria Total | Grade
|
| 9 | 100
|
| 8 | 95
|
| 7 | 90
|
| 6 | 85
|
| 5 | 80
|
| 4 | 75
|
| 3 | 70
|
| 2 | 65
|
| 1 | 65
|
| 0 | 65
|
For labs with two criteria assessments:
| Criteria Total | Grade
|
| 6 | 100
|
| 5 | 95
|
| 4 | 90
|
| 3 | 85
|
| 2 | 80
|
| 1 | 75
|
| 0 | 70
|
For labs with one criteria assessment:
Criteria Total Grade
3 100
2 90
1 80
0 | 70
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