{"id":1316,"date":"2023-03-30T16:35:52","date_gmt":"2023-03-30T16:35:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tbson.es\/assessment-in-the-ib-diploma\/"},"modified":"2025-09-19T08:13:33","modified_gmt":"2025-09-19T08:13:33","slug":"assessment-in-the-ib-diploma","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/isnavarra.es\/en\/studies\/international-baccalaureate-ib\/assessment-in-the-ib-diploma\/","title":{"rendered":"Assessment in the IB Diploma"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.20.2&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.20.2&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.20.2&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.20.2&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; text_font=&#8221;Futura book BT|600|||||||&#8221; text_text_color=&#8221;gcid-1fc32865-25c7-4334-a12a-6de4bc9b4f95&#8243; text_font_size=&#8221;16px&#8221; text_line_height=&#8221;1.8em&#8221; text_orientation=&#8221;center&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;||0px||false|false&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{%22gcid-1fc32865-25c7-4334-a12a-6de4bc9b4f95%22:%91%22text_text_color%22%93,%22gcid-ac0368fe-477a-4608-971d-d118ee0153f4%22:%91%22text_text_color%22%93}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p>STUDIES<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text content_tablet=&#8221;<\/p>\n<h2><span>Home of the <\/span><span>BEARS<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>&#8221; content_phone=&#8221;<\/p>\n<h2><span>Home of the <\/span><span>BEARS<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>&#8221; content_last_edited=&#8221;off|desktop&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; text_font=&#8221;Futura book BT|600|||||||&#8221; text_text_color=&#8221;gcid-1fc32865-25c7-4334-a12a-6de4bc9b4f95&#8243; text_font_size=&#8221;16px&#8221; text_line_height=&#8221;1.8em&#8221; header_font=&#8221;Futura book BT|700|||||||&#8221; header_text_align=&#8221;center&#8221; header_text_color=&#8221;#E09900&#8243; header_font_size=&#8221;48px&#8221; header_line_height=&#8221;1.4em&#8221; header_2_font=&#8221;Futura book BT|700|||||||&#8221; header_2_text_align=&#8221;center&#8221; header_2_text_color=&#8221;#E09900&#8243; header_2_font_size=&#8221;48px&#8221; header_2_line_height=&#8221;1.4em&#8221; text_orientation=&#8221;center&#8221; header_font_size_tablet=&#8221;48px&#8221; header_font_size_phone=&#8221;32px&#8221; header_font_size_last_edited=&#8221;on|phone&#8221; header_2_font_size_tablet=&#8221;48px&#8221; header_2_font_size_phone=&#8221;32px&#8221; header_2_font_size_last_edited=&#8221;on|phone&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{%22gcid-1fc32865-25c7-4334-a12a-6de4bc9b4f95%22:%91%22text_text_color%22%93,%22gcid-ac0368fe-477a-4608-971d-d118ee0153f4%22:%91%22text_text_color%22%93,%22gcid-b100d0f9-40d8-4cc8-bf0b-a9f65780d77c%22:%91%22header_2_text_color%22,%22header_2_text_color%22%93}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h1>Assessment in the International Baccalaureate<\/h1>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; text_font=&#8221;&#8211;et_global_body_font||||||||&#8221; text_text_color=&#8221;gcid-body-color&#8221; text_font_size=&#8221;15px&#8221; link_font=&#8221;&#8211;et_global_body_font||||||||&#8221; link_text_color=&#8221;gcid-786fe854-8e81-431e-920a-048919b2d740&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;0px||0px||true|false&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{%22gcid-786fe854-8e81-431e-920a-048919b2d740%22:%91%22link_text_color%22%93,%22gcid-body-color%22:%91%22text_text_color%22%93}&#8221;]<nav aria-label=\"breadcrumbs\" class=\"rank-math-breadcrumb\"><p><span class=\"last\">International School in Navarra<\/span><\/p><\/nav>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.20.2&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; text_font=&#8221;Open Sans||||||||&#8221; text_font_size=&#8221;16px&#8221; text_line_height=&#8221;1.8em&#8221; header_2_font=&#8221;Futura book BT||||||||&#8221; header_2_text_align=&#8221;left&#8221; header_2_text_color=&#8221;#E09900&#8243; header_2_font_size=&#8221;36px&#8221; header_2_line_height=&#8221;1.4em&#8221; header_2_font_size_tablet=&#8221;32px&#8221; header_2_font_size_phone=&#8221;28px&#8221; header_2_font_size_last_edited=&#8221;on|phone&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{%22gcid-b100d0f9-40d8-4cc8-bf0b-a9f65780d77c%22:%91%22header_2_text_color%22,%22header_2_text_color%22%93}&#8221;]At the International Baccalaureate there are internal and external assessments.<\/p>\n<p>Most courses are based on external assessment. 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