Rigorous Assessment for Students Worldwide for Over 40 years
For over 40 years, the International Baccalaureate (IB) has provided high-quality and rigorous assessments to students worldwide.
The IB’s unique assessment model ensures a high level of validity and reliability that has resulted in consistent IB diploma pass rates with no grade inflation over time.
IB assessments are designed to emphasize the development of higher-order cognitive skills. They are criterion-related and focus on students’ ability to think analytically and critically, to integrate and apply their learning, to work collaboratively and to communicate what they have learned in writing and orally.
We very much value the learning that IB students have had through their Diploma Programme. I have personally seen, over the years that I have been in charge of admissions at HKU, that they do not just have an understanding of their subject areas, but, much more importantly, typically show levels of communication, thinking skills and all-around knowledge that equip them very well for tertiary education and beyond.
Professor John A Spinks, senior advisor to the vice-chancellor, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
