Evaluating the Extended Essay

This page is a set of resources essential to all students and their supervisors in understanding how to work together to maximize the number of points possible on the rubric for the Extended Essay.  The site includes the following sections that both students and supervisors will need: rubrics for each extended essay subject, IBO evaluator comments in each subject area, sample extended essays, and instructions for supervisors to grade both the rough draft and final draft of the essay.

RUBRICS: The following rubrics are not officially IBO released but superimpose the official IBO general rubric with the qualities and comments recommended from each subject area, reducing the amount of paperwork both students and supervisors need to follow.

ENGLISH Rubric Download File

LANGUAGE B Rubric Download File

HISTORY Rubric Download File

BIOLOGY Rubric Download File

MATH Rubric Download File

EVALUATOR COMMENTS--What the IBO Examiners Say About Essays in Every Area: In each of the following reports, Extended Essay graders point out common problems in each section of the rubric in each subject area. It is essential that both the supervising teacher and the student discuss the following pitfalls that students frequently make and be sure that they discuss how to avoid these errors in an effort to maximize these points.

May 2013 ENGLISH EE Subject Report  Download File

May 2012 HISTORY EE Subject Report  Download File

May 2012 BIOLOGY EE Subject Report  Download File

SCIENCE EE Guideline/Instructions  Download File

SCIENCE EE Guidelines  Download File

BIOLOGY EE Q & A  Download File

BIOLOGY Feedback 2009  Download File

May 2012 MATH EE Subject Report Download File