ABCs of IB (or ToK, I.A, IB, IOP, What?) aka the Alphabet Soup of IB

 

 

What do all these Acronyms MEAN?!?!?!

 

T.o.K. stands for Theory of Knowledge.  It is a class where you learn how you know what you know.  And if you know it at all.

 

 

C.A.S. stands for Creativity, Action and Service.  These are projects that the 11th and 12th graders are involved in for credit.

 

I.A. stands for Internal Assessments.  This is an assignment that is assessed by the teachers at our school.  Some may be sent out as samples. Sometimes, these may have limited teacher input.

 

E.A. is an External Assessment.  These are assignments that are graded by IB assessors.

 

I.B. is the International Baccalaureate. It is the programme of study.

 

I.O.P. Individual Oral Presentation.  This can also be an I.A. or an E.A.

 

E.E. is the Extended Essay, a 4000 word paper on the topic of the student's choice.

 

S.L. is Standard Level.

 

H.L. is Higher Level.

 

P.P.A. is a Practical Play Analysis (did you think there was only acting the Theatre class?).

 

These are only the beginning.  Want to see more? Check here and here. And this is kind of funny, here.  Once you have read all these, you can quiz yourself here