Syllabus and Textbook Info

Class Grading System

Homework (10%)

This will be graded on completion and accuracy. Each assignment will comprise of suggested problems and graded problems. Late work will result in a loss of points. No late homework will be accepted after the chapter test has been taken.

Quizzes (20%)

Quizzes will be open note. Your lowest quiz score will be dropped each semester.

Tests (70%)

These will be designed to prepare you for the IB exams. Therefore, they will be graded in the same way. Each test will include material from any topic we have studied. Assessments will be taken in pen to prepare for your end of year papers.

The following scale will be used to compute final grades:

A = 90-100%, B =80-89%, C = 70-79%, NC = anything below 70%.

IB Diploma Grading Scale

Evaluation Note:

It is essential for both students and parents to understand that your grade in this class is separate from your grade on your IB exams.

This class should prepare you for IB assessments and evaluations, but my grading system will differ from that of the International Baccalaureate. In short, what appears in the grade book will affect the student’s course letter grade and GPA, while their performance on IB exams andinternal assessments will contribute to the IB diploma.

IB assessment (not contributing to this class):

• IB assessments are summative exit exams. Students will not receive IB marks until the end of their junior year.
• Even internal IB assessment scores (those marked by me) will not be revealed to students until the end of their junior year. These scores will change because they are moderated and adjusted by IB.
• Scores on IB examinations will not count as a grade in this course.

Assessment Component:

External Assessment (3 hours) - 80%

Paper 1 (1 hour 30 minutes) - 15 compulsory short-response questions based on the whole syllabus. (90 marks) - 40%

Paper 2 (1 hour 30 minutes) - 6 compulsory extended-response questions based on the whole syllabus. (90 marks) - 40%

Internal Assessment Project - 20%

This component is internally assessed by the teacher and externally moderated by the IB at the end of the course. The project is an individual piece of work involving the collection of information or the generation of measurements, and the analysis and evaluation of the information or measurements.