Assessment in the DP

While most of the IBDP courses entail a written examination, some subject areas require students to complete externally assessed coursework.

These external components include essays, structured problems, short-response questions, data-response questions, text-response questions, case-study questions, and multiple-choice questions.

Certain components of the DP core will also require students to produce their own course work which constitutes the Internal Assessments. These comprise:

Oral work in languages, field work in geography, laboratory work in the sciences, investigations in mathematics, and artistic performances.