MYP

 Individuals  and  Societies  assessment  criteria:  Year  1  

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A. Knowing  and  understanding   The student does not The  student:   The  student:   The  student:   The  student:  
reach a standard
1. Use  vocabulary  in   1. Recognizes some 1. Uses  some  vocabulary   1. Uses  considerable  relevant   1. Consistently uses  relevant
described by any of the
context   descriptors below.   vocabulary   2. Demonstrates  satisfactory   vocabulary,  often  accurately   vocabulary  accurately  
2. Demonstrate knowledge 2. Demonstrates  basic   knowledge  and   2. Demonstrates  substantial 2. Demonstrates  excellent  
and understanding of knowledge  and   understanding  of  content   knowledge and knowledge  and  
subject-specific content understanding  of  content   and  concepts  through   understanding of content understanding  of  content  
and concepts, using   and  concepts  through   simple  descriptions,   and concepts through and  concepts  through  
descriptions,   limited  descriptions  and/or   explanations  and/or   descriptions, explanations detailed  descriptions,  
explanations  and   examples.   examples   and examples.   explanations  and  examples.  
examples.      
 

B. Investigating   The student does not The  student:   The  student:   The  student:   The  student:  
reach a standard
1. Explain  the  choice   described by any of
1. Identifies a  research   1. Describes the  choice  of  a   1. Describe  the  choice  of  a   1. Explains the  choice  of  a  
of  a  research   the descriptors below.   question   research  question   research  question  in   research  question  
question   2. Follows  an  action  plan  in  a   2. Partially  follows  an  action   detail   2. Effectively follows  an  
2. Follow  an  action   limited  way  to  explore  a   plan  to  explore  a  research   2. Mostly follows  an  action   action  plan  to  explore  a  
plan  to  explore  a   research  question   question   plan  to  explore  a   research  question  
research  question   3. Collects and  records 3. Uses  a  method  or   research  question   3. Uses methods  to  collect  
3. Collect  and   information,  to  a  limited methods  to  collect  and   3. Uses method(s)  to  collect   and  record  consistently
record  relevant   extent   record  some  relevant   and  record  often relevant relevant information  
information   4. With guidance,  reflects  on   information   information   4. Thoroughly reflects  on  
consistent  with   the  research  process  and   4. With  guidance,  reflects  on   4. Reflects on  the  research   the  research  process  and  
the  research   results,  to  a  limited extent.   the  research  process  and   process  and  results   results.  
question   results  with  some  depth    
4. Reflect  on  the  
process  and  
results  of  the  
investigation  
 
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C.  Communicating   The student does not The  student:   The  student:   The  student:   The  student:  
reach a standard
1. Communicate   1. Communicates   1. Communicates   1. Communicates  
described by any of 1. Communicates  
information  and   the descriptors below.   information  and  ideas   information  and  ideas   information  and  ideas  in  a   information  and  ideas  in  
ideas  with   in  a  way  that  is   way  that  is  mostly  clear   a  way  that  is  completely  
in  a  style  that  is  not  
clarity   somewhat  clear   2. Mostly  organizes   clear  
always  clear  
2. Organize   2. Somewhat organizes   information  and  ideas   2. Completely organizes  
2. Organizes  information  
information  and   information  and  ideas   3. Lists sources in a way that information  and  ideas  
and  ideas  in  a  limited  
ideas  effectively   way 3. Lists  sources  in  a  way   often follows the task effectively
for  the  task   that  sometimes  follows   instructions.       3. Lists  sources  in  a  way  
3. Inconsistently lists  
3. List  sources  of   the  task  instructions.   that  always  follows  the  
sources,  not  following  
information  in  a   task  instructions.
the  task  instructions.
way  that  follows    
the  task    
 
instructions.  
   

D. Thinking  critically   The student does not The  student:   The  student:   The  student:   The  student:  
reach a standard
1. Identify  the  main   described by any of the
1. Identifies  the  main   1. Identifies  some  main   1. Identifies  the  main   1. Identifies  in  detail  the  main  
points  of  ideas,  events,  descriptors below. points  of  ideas,  events,   points  of  ideas,  events,   points  of  ideas,  events,   points  of  ideas,  events,  
visual  representation     visual  representation  or   visual  representation  or   visual  representation  or   visual  representation  or  
or  arguments   arguments  to  a  limited   arguments   arguments   arguments  
2. Identify  the  main   extent   2. Uses  information  to   2. Uses  information  to   2. Uses  information  to  give  
points  of  ideas,  events,   2. Uses  information  to   give  adequate  opinions   give  substantial   detailed  opinions  
visual  representation   give  limited  opinions   3. Identifies the  origin  and   opinions   3. Consistently identifies  and  
or  arguments   3. Identifies  the  origin  and   purpose  of   3. Identifies  the  origin  and   analyses a range of  
3. Identify  and  analyze  a   purpose  of  limited   sources/data   purpose  of  a  range  of   sources/data  in  terms  of  
range  of  sources/data   sources/data   4. Identifies  some   sources/data   origin  and  purpose  
in  terms  of  origin  and   4. Identifies  some   different  views  and   4. Identifies  different   4. Consistently identifies  
purpose   different  views.   suggests  some  of  their   views  and  most  of  their   different  views  and  their  
4. Identify  different     implications.   implications.   implications.  
views  and  their      
implications.