Middle Years Programme assessment

Continuous assessment

Teachers organize continuous assessment over the course of the programme according to specified assessment criteria that correspond to the objectives of each subject group. Regular school assessment and reporting play a major role:

• in the students' and parents' understanding of the objectives and assessment criteria
• in the students' preparation for final assessment
• in the development of the curriculum according to the principles of the programme.

Teachers are responsible for structuring varied and valid assessment tasks (including tests and examinations) that will allow students to demonstrate achievement according to the objectives for each subject group. These include:

• open-ended, problem-solving activities
• investigations
• organized debates
• hands-on experimentation
• analysis and reflection.

In keeping with the ethos of approaches to learning, schools also make use of quantitative and qualitative assessment strategies and tools that provide opportunities for peer- and self-assessment.

The recording and reporting of individual levels of achievement are organized in ways that provide students with detailed feedback on their progress as it relates to the assessment criteria for each subject group.

MANAGEBAC
Here are Boca Prep we record daily using an online system called ManageBac.  ManageBac is the leading web-based solution designed to help IB schools comprehensively manage their programmes. It is our teacher's form of communicating with parents & students. All grades, assignments, interim reports, unit planners, CAS, Personal Projects, and report cards are centralized through this program.

GRADING SYSTEM
IB grades are on a 1-7 scale.

7
4.0
95-100%
A consistent and thorough understanding of the required knowledge and skills, and the ability to apply them almost faultlessly in a wide variety of situations. Consistent evidence of analysis, synthesis and evaluation is shown where appropriate. The student consistently demonstrates originality and insight and always produces work of high quality.

6
3.75
90-94%
A consistent and thorough understanding of the required knowledge and skills, and the ability to apply them in a wide variety of situations. Consistent evidence of analysis, synthesis and evaluation is shown where appropriate. The student generally demonstrates originality and insight.

5
3.25
85-89%
A consistent and thorough understanding of the required knowledge and skills, and the ability to apply them in a variety of situations. The student generally shows evidence of analysis, synthesis and evaluation where appropriate and occasionally demonstrates originality and insight.

4
3.0
80-84%
A good general understanding of the required knowledge and skills, and the ability to apply them effectively in normal situations. There is occasional evidence of the skills of analysis, synthesis and evaluation.

3
2.0
70-79%
Limited achievement against most of the objectives, or clear difficulties in some areas. The student demonstrates a limited understanding of the required knowledge and skills and is only able to apply them fully in normal situations with support.

2
1.0
60-69%
Very limited achievement against all the objectives. The student has difficulty in understanding the required knowledge and skills and is unable to apply them fully in normal situations, even with support
1

0
59% and below
Minimal achievement in terms of the objectives.

GPA CALCULATIONS
Boca Prep uses a weighted system to calculate the student's GPA. The standard scale is based on 4.0, 3.0, 2.0, 1.0 and 0 for any other grade. The grade received is awarded accordingly:
Regular-level courses use the standard scale.
Honors-level/SL IB Courses are weighted at 1.125 times the standard scale.
International Baccalaureate HL courses are weighted at 1.50 times the standard scale