1. MYP ASSESSMENTI.B. @ Lamar Academy2013

2. The MYP Assessment Model The aim is to support and encourage student learning. Teachers gather and analyze information on student performance and give feedback. Students are involved in evaluating their progress through self-assessment and reflection. Thus, students develop wider critical thinking and self-assessment skills.

3. The MYP Assessment Model This is a criterion-related model. Expectations are established beforehand (in a rubric) and students know before attempting the work what needs to be done to reach a high level. Students are assessed for what they can do, rather than being ranked against each other.

4. The teacher grades the assignment and the students receive feedback based on the assessment criteria. This process is repeated throughout the year so that all criterion in every subject are covered at least twice. A task is assigned with the assessment criteria (rubric). The end of year report includes individual criteria and an OLA (Overall Level of Achievement Grade) for each subject. The criterion levels in each subject are added together to give a criterion levels total for that subject. This total is then converted to an OLA out of 7 using the grade boundary tables from the I.B. At the end of the year, each teacher analyzes the students’ grades and uses professional judgment to award a level of achievement for each criterion Assessment in Action at I.B. @ Lamar Academy

5. A Summary Of The MYP Assessment Criteria

6. IB MYP Assessment: Prescribed Minimum Tasks

7. IB MYP Assessment: Prescribed Minimum Tasks

8. IB MYP Assessment: Prescribed Minimum Tasks

9. IB MYP Assessment: Prescribed Minimum Tasks

10. What Marks Count Towards The Overall Level Of Achievement (OLA)? Throughout the year teachers will collect evidence of student achievement from many different types of assessment including formative and summative assessments. Sometimes all criteria in the subject are applied to an assessment, but more often only 1 or 2 criteria are assessed per task. Only assessments that are criterion-related (that are assessed against criteria provided by the teacher for that specific assessment task) count towards the OLA. Please note: Because I.B. requires teachers to test only certain skills on prescribed tasks, an I.B. grade may differ from an MISD/report card grade. For example, in English all the MYP criteria deal only with writing skills, while the report card grade will include homework, tests, and quiz grades that may or may not assess writing. Thus, an A on a report card may not be a 7 in that course and a 7 may not mean the student makes an A on the report card.

11. The Evolution of an OLA (Overall Level of Achievement How Are End Of Year Criterion Totals Reached? By the end of the year, students will have completed enough assessment tasks for each criterion in every subject to be assessed at least twice. To explain the evolution of an OLA let’s follow the creation of a Mathematics OLA for a Grade 9 Student called Maria. There are 4 criteria in Mathematics. At the end of the year, Maria will have at least 2 marks in all 4 of the Mathematics criteria. In Mathematics Criterion A ‘Knowledge and Understanding’ Maria has 4 pieces of evidence (marks).

12. Mathematics Criterion A: Knowledge and Understanding (9) Maria’s scores:

13. Maria’s teacher will then make a professional judgment on the criterion level of achievement for her in this criterion. THIS IS NOT AN AVERAGE OF ALL OF THE MARKS FOR THIS CRITERION, but a professional judgment based on patterns in the data, the development of that student and the context in which the work was completed . It is the role of teachers to use the evidence to decide the level at which the student is performing in each specific criterion at the end of the year. As a result of Maria’s consistent improvement over the semester, she would receive a criterion level of achievement of 6 out of 8 for Mathematics Criterion A.

14. How Do Criteria Marks Become An OLA out of 7? This process of determining criterion levels of achievement is done for all criteria in every subject. In each subject these criterion levels of achievement are then added together to give a Criterion Levels Total. This total is then compared to the grade boundary tables published by the IB to give the student a Grade out of 7 for that subject. Maria’s 6 out of a possible 8 in Mathematics Criterion A would be added to her criterion level of achievement in the other 3 Mathematics criteria, which would give a Criterion Levels Total of 21. As a result Maria would receive a 5 out of 7 for her final OLA in Mathematics.

15. IB Published Mathematics Grade Boundaries

16. What Does An OLA of 1-7 Really Mean? So what does Maria’s OLA of a 5 in Mathematics mean? Below are the IB general grade descriptors for each grade. An OLA of a 5 means that in Mathematics Maria shows 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 showsevidence of analysis, synthesis and evaluation where appropriate and occasionallydemonstrates originality and insight. To fully understand student achievement, it is important to focus on all the individual criterion scores as these highlight student’s strengths and weaknesses in the subject and BOTH the OLA number and the general grade descriptions.