Approaches to Assessments

School-Based Assessment

MYP assessment focuses on tasks created and marked by classroom teachers who are well-equipped to make judgments about student achievement. These tasks are rigorous and embrace a variety of assessment strategies.

MYP teachers assess the prescribed subject-group objectives using the assessment criteria for each subject group in each year of the programme.

External Assessment

In the final year of the programme, each MYP student must develop a personal project independently, which the IB externally validates. Producing a truly personal and creative piece of work over an extended period stands as a summative review of their ability to conduct independent work.

Personal Project

The personal project formally assesses students’ approaches to learning (ATL) skills for self-management, research, communication, critical and creative thinking, and collaboration.

The project is made up of a process, a product and a reflective report.

1. Process — ideas, criteria, developments, challenges, plans, research, possible solutions and progress reports
2. Product or Outcome — evidence of tangible or intangible results: what the student was aiming to achieve or create
3. Report — an account of the project and its impact, to a structure that follows the assessment criteria. The report describes both the process of creating the project and an evaluation of the impact of the process on the student or their learning.