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European Baccalaureate 2014

Main Changes to EB 2013

• Number of oral exams will be 3
• L1 (or L1 HL)
• L2 (or L2 HL) or Hist (2 or 4) or Geo (2 or

4) unless Hist or Geo has been taken for written exam

• Maths HL or Philo (2 or 4) or L3 or L4 or

Bio (2 or 4) or Chem 4P or Physics 4P

Weighting

Preliminary Mark is worth 50% of EB

• 20/50 marks for mark A (Contrôle continu)

and 30/50 marks for mark B (Pre-Bac exams and tests B)

Written exams are worth 35% of EB Oral exams are worth 15% of EB

Calendar 2013-2014

Exam Board composed of all S7 teachers, external examiners (sent by Central office-from countries of origin), Director of school or Vice- Chair in their absence. Compulsory attendance for all at any meetings. See Article 3 of Arrangements for Implementing the European Baccalaureate 2012‐10‐D‐18‐en‐1 or 2012‐10‐D‐18‐fr‐1

• Choice of exams for Bac– students cannot

change after end of September (see Annex 1 for form) Choice from: Compulsory courses (L1, L2, Maths, 4 Period options or advanced courses (L1 HL or L2 HL)

• Students must request any extra exam at

this time also (only if needed for a university application)

September

European Baccalaureate Exams

Written (5 exams for 35% of final mark)

• L1 (or L1 HL)
• L2 (or L2 HL)
• Maths (3P or 5P)
• 4 Period option
• 4 Period option

Oral Exams

(3 exams for 15% of final mark)

• L1 (or L1 HL)
• L2 (or L2 HL) or Hist (2 or 4) or Geo (2 or

4) unless Hist or Geo has been taken for written exam

• Maths HL or Philo (2 or 4) or L3 or L4 or

Bio (2 or 4) or Chem 4P or Physics 4P Students cannot take a written and oral exam in the same subject with the exception of L1, L2

• November

Mid Semester reports must be completed for all subjects with comments only.

• December

– Conseil de classe for S7 (attendance

compulsory for all teachers of S7 – see article 18

• f General rules of European Schools)

– B Tests for semester 1 for all 2 period courses must be completed before Christmas

B tests for 2 period courses

(Article 6 of Arrangements for Implementing the European

Baccalaureate )

• Philosophy 2P, Maths HL: 1x1.5 hour test in

December and in early May

• Bio 2, Geo 2, Hist 2: 2x45 minute tests in

December and in early May

• Complementary Courses: 1x 45 minute test in

December and in early May

• Sport: Practical B tests at the end of each unit (B

mark required in January and early May)

January

• Part Examinations in subjects chosen by

student

• All teachers complete reports with A marks

(continuous assessment) and B marks. Both can be correct to 1 decimal place.

Part Examinations

• Exams in L1, L2, Maths, 4P options, L1 HL, L2 HL

at the end of January (timetable to be issued asap, must be at least 2 weeks after holidays)

• Length of each exam is the same as for the Bac

L1 or L1 HL, L2 HL, Maths 5P – 4 hours Art – 5 hours (plus 4 hours preparation over 1 week) All other subjects 3 hours

• Teachers write and mark the exam papers

February

• Issue of Semester 1 Reports (with marks A

and B for all subjects except Ethics)

• Parents Evening for S7
• All teachers in subjects with oral exams must

send their proposed questions and details of texts chosen/programmes to the Deputy Director to be forwarded to the Office of the Secretary General, inspectors and external examiners

March

• Mid-semester 2 reports must be

completed for all subjects (comments only)

• Conseil de Classe for S7

April/Early May

• B tests for second semester must be

completed by early May

• A marks must be completed by early May
• Both marks correct to 1 decimal place
• Students must request their certificates if

necessary in a language other than English

May

• Students receive a report with their

preliminary mark (50% of the Baccalaureate)

• Calculated from A marks for 1st and 2nd

semester (20/50 marks)as well as part examinations from semester 1 (B marks) and B marks for second semester (2 period subjects only)(30/50 marks)

• We must send this information to Brussels 1

to enter and calculate in May

June

• Written Baccalaureate Exams take place

according to a timetable determined by the Office

• f the Secretary General
• Teachers cannot invigilate their own subject, there

must be 2 invigilators for each exam.

• No mobile phones allowed and students must

write in ink.

• Be aware of regulations for use of calculators for

Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Geography (TI-Nspire

• r not)

Marking of written exam papers

• There will be 2 correctors.
• They cannot write on the copy but must

complete the list of marks for each question together with a justification of their overall mark for the exam. These marks are sealed in an envelope and sent with the copies to the central correction centre in Brussels.

Correction centre (Article 6.3.9)

• All copies of the Bac exams are sent to Brussels 1

(this year 7500 papers over 4 days) to be corrected by external examiners (sent from countries of origin)

• They do not see 1st mark.
• If the 2 marks are 2 points different, the copies are

marked by a third corrector.

• Otherwise the final mark is an arithmetical average
• f the 2 correctors (2 decimal places)

July

• Oral Baccalaureate exams take place

according to the timetable determined by the Office of the Secretary General

• Examiners are the subject teacher and an

external examiner sent from the country of

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• Both give a mark correct to whole or half

mark and discuss. The overall mark is the average of these 2 marks.

Organisation of Oral exams

• Students are given individual timetables
• They should dress smartly to give the right

impression

• They should arrive 20 minutes before the

preparation time.

• They choose an envelope (prepared by teachers –

number of candidates plus 5) with the question number on it.

• They can refuse the first one but lose 20% of mark

automatically

• They have 20 minutes supervised preparation time
• 20 minutes of the exam

(marking scheme according to 2012-01-D-02-en-3 Criteria for assessment of the Baccalaureate oral exams)

July

• Conseil de classe for examination board at the

end of the last day of oral exams

• Discussion of marks for each candidate
• This is highly confidential and must not be

communicated to students in any form (good, bad, etc)

• Baccalaureate results are posted for candidates

after this meeting

Proclamation

• Proclamation ceremony takes place the next

day usually (this will depend on the delay of Brussels 1 sending us the certificates)

• S7 and Terminale working on the programme

and organisation of the ceremony

• Students receive their certificates

Viewing Exam papers

• Students and parents may ask to view the

exam papers (with total marks of each examiner) up to 5 days after the proclamation

• All S7 exam papers must be kept by the

school (Exams in January and June/July) for 3 years

Parental Complaints

• Parents can only complain if they think there

has been a procedural irregularity, not about the results or decisions made by the Conseil de Classe.

• For this reason, we must stick to the

regulations for conseil de classe

• Regular communication must take place

between parents and the form teacher