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Louise Badham – Oxford Review of Education, 2025
Different sources of assessment evidence are reviewed during International Baccalaureate (IB) grade awarding to convert marks into grades and ensure fair results for students. Qualitative and quantitative evidence are analysed to determine grade boundaries, with statistical evidence weighed against examiner judgement and teachers' feedback on…
Descriptors: Advanced Placement Programs, Grading, Interrater Reliability, Evaluative Thinking
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Robert Krakehl; Angela M. Kelly; Puneet Khosla – School Science and Mathematics, 2024
Advanced placement (AP) physics performance is an important metric for examining precollege student preparation for post-secondary study. The present study examined potential predictors of AP Physics 1 performance including gender, teacher, and school-level characteristics. A theoretical framework proposed teacher preparation and experiential…
Descriptors: Physics, Advanced Placement Programs, Predictor Variables, Science Achievement
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Park, Jung-Won; Hong, Won-Pyo – Educational Review, 2022
The IB DP is widely perceived as a globally recognised, outstanding international curriculum by a growing number of education scholars and policymakers in South Korea. Recently, education authorities from certain provinces have taken steps to adopt the IB DP in public high schools, contending that the programme will improve and galvanise teaching…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Advanced Placement Programs, High School Students, International Schools
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Teresa M. Ober; Maxwell R. Hong; Matthew F. Carter; Alex S. Brodersen; Daniella Rebouças-Ju; Cheng Liu; Ying Cheng – Assessment in Education: Principles, Policy & Practice, 2022
We examined whether students were accurate in predicting their test performance in both low-stakes and high-stakes testing contexts. The sample comprised U.S. high school students enrolled in an advanced placement (AP) statistics course during the 2017-2018 academic year (N = 209; M[subscript age] = 16.6 years). We found that even two months…
Descriptors: High School Students, Self Evaluation (Individuals), Student Attitudes, High Stakes Tests