Grade Boundaries

IB Visual Arts: Grade Boundaries

What do those numbers on the assessment criteria charts add up to in actual 1-7 grades? Grade boundaries are the cut off points established for each mark band, ie points needed to reach a 7, and can vary slightly from year to year. The boundaries for each component at higher and standard level are set during the grade award meetings for each examination session. The grade boundaries established during the May 2016 marking...

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Comments 6

Pablo Oliveros 4 April 2017 - 00:07

Hello Heather,
Is the predicted grade inclusive of all assessments or just he internal assessment?

Heather McReynolds 5 April 2017 - 19:37

predicted grade is holistic ( all inclusive) IA is only exhibition

Sarah Dutta 16 August 2017 - 06:25

Hi, do you have the May 2017 session boundaries?

Heather McReynolds 19 August 2017 - 12:30

Not yet sarah, I will publish when they are made available... probably not too dissimilar to last years

Chek Leung 3 September 2017 - 03:55

Hello Heather, do you know anything about the raw marks and moderates mark in the Exhibition assessment section?

Heather McReynolds 3 September 2017 - 15:39

Only when your marks are "out of tolerance " with the examiners are your marks moderated, and in this case IA feedback to schools is provided.
(No feedback is provided if the teacher’s marking is within tolerance) I believe the raw marks are converted to a component mark of 1-7 , and an overall IB art final mark comprising all 3 component marks... does this make sense?

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