Year 12 IB Assessment Booklet 2019

SENIOR SCHOOL ASSESSMENT (IB) POLICY

STATEMENT OF INTENT This Senior School Assessment Policy details procedures to be followed for: 1. Tests/Examinations

2. Assessment tasks other than examinations 3. Late and non-submission of assessment items 4. Academic Integrity 5. Students with documented learning difficulties.

RELEVANT LEGISLATION AND POLICY

• General regulations: Diploma Programme https://resources.ibo.org/dp/resource/11162-occ-file- d_0_dpyyy_reg_1404_1g_e/?c=d3bba218&pdf=d_0_dpyyy_reg_1609_1g_e.pdf • Diploma Programme Assessment Procedures https://resources.ibo.org/dp/resource/11162- 49224/?c=fdd274d7 PRINCIPLES FOR ASSESSMENT TASKS The following principles will inform Somerset College policy: 1. Evidence about student achievement will be gathered in a continuous process throughout the course of the teaching, learning and assessment program. 2. Expectations of assessment instruments and due dates will be made clear to teachers, students and their parents/guardians. 3. Procedures will be enacted consistently across subjects within the school in a fair and equitable manner. 4. Processes will be put in place by the College to intervene in order to avoid cases of late and non- submission.

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