IB Economics Internal Assessment
This assessment requires you to act as an analyst. With our specialized teachers, you will learn to connect abstract graphs to global reality. Send us a message.
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Overcoming the Toughest Challenges in your IB Economics Internal Assessment
While the Economics IA seems straightforward—”find an article and analyze it”—it is a minefield of technical requirements. Here are the specific reasons students fail to secure top grades in their portfolio, and how we can help you avoid them:
“The article does the analysis for me.” The most common error is selecting an article that already explains the causes and effects of a recession or inflation. If the journalist has already drawn the conclusions, you have nothing left to analyze. We help you find the “raw” news—reports on data, not opinion pieces— that you need.
“The diagrams don’t match the explanation.” In IB Economics, your diagrams are not just decorations; they are the engine of your argument. If the graph and the prose are disconnected, your analysis score collapses. That’s why we’ll help you elaborate acurate graph that work as an asset rather than an inconvenience.
“Running out of words for Evaluation.” You have a strict 800-word limit per commentary. Students often waste 600 words defining basic terms like GDP or market economy, leaving only 200 words for the critical evaluation. We’ll help you redact your commentary so it is brief, but deep in the analysis.
“Ignoring the Key Concepts.” The new syllabus demands that you link your commentary to one of the nine Key Concepts (like Equity, Sustainability, or Intervention). You can’t tag a concept at the end as an afterthought, so we make sure you don’t forget to use said concepts correctly.
Key Points to Develop with the Best IB Economics Tutor
To succeed in this assignment, you must produce three separate 800-word essays, each based on a different section of the syllabus (Microeconomics, Macroeconomics and the Global Economy) and a different news article published within one year of writing. Our expert economists/tutors will guide you in the process of redaction of these commentaries, making sure you follow the IB criteria:
Diagrams (3 points)
Are your diagrams relevant, accurate, and fully labeled? This includes correctly illustrating everything, like welfare loss or inflationary gaps.
Terminology (2 points)
You must specific economic language (e.g., saying “contractionary fiscal policy” instead of just “government spending cuts”).
Application and Analysis (3 points)
This involves analyzing the whole chain of reasoning—from any policy change to the final impact.
Key Concept (3 points)
Your chosen Key Concept must be explicitly linked to the article and the theory you’ll be using.
Evaluation (3 points)
The issue of your choice must be critically assessed. Who wins, who loses, and what are the limitations of the theory?
Rubric Requirements (3 points for whole portfolio)
This criterion evaluates whether the word counts, articles, and citations are correct.
This is the Guide to a Perfect International Baccalaureate Economics Internal Assessment
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