IB Economics Internal Assessment: The Definitive IA Commentary Guide For the International Baccalaureate [IB] Diploma

This guidebook addresses the Internal Assessment component of IB Economics [HL/SL], and what students need to do in order to maximize the marks on their commentaries and portfolio.

Chapters include:

- The Article: how to find the perfect one

- Structure: planning your commentary the ideal way

- Diagrams: building exceptional economics diagrams with Microsoft Word

- Assessment: maximizing your marks with one eye on the grading criterion

The remaining half of the book is packed with 7 portfolios (21 IA examples) of outstanding economics commentaries - all of which have scored at least 40 marks (and several which scored the maximum 45) after being assessed and moderated. Students will be able to see what an excellent portfolio looks like and how you can achieve the same results.

ALEXANDER ZOUEV graduated with the IB Diploma in 2007. He received 43/45 points including a high 7 for Economics HL and perfect marks on the IA component. He went on to study Economics and Management at the University of Oxford, followed by an MSc in Mathematical Finance from Bayes Business School. He is now pursuing a PhD whilst still tutoring students in IB Mathematics and IB Economics.

ALEXANDRA LAPUTINA graduated with the IB Diploma from Letovo school in 2022. She received 43/45 points as her final score, with 7s in all subjects including Economics HL. She is now studying Computer science at Columbia University and plans to pursue a career at the crossroads of coding and writing.