When: May 4-24, 2010

Check Skyline IB website for exam calendar.

IB Test Registration will take place 10/27-11/6

Marion Makin will be visiting classrooms and registering students for IB tests later this month.

Cost for registration and tests: Registration: $135 + per test fee $92 Students who took IB exams last year do not pay a registration fee this year.

Financial assistance is available through the Skyline PTSA. For more information, please contact Marion Makin, Skyline IB Coordinator.

Why take the IB test/what do the scores mean?

The May IB test gives a student a unique opportunity to experience a complex, multipart exam. It provides practice for the important exams given in university, where end of term exams can make up half of the total grade. A student’s IB score is a combination of the internal assessments done in class and the May exam. Assessments and exam are sent for evaluation by IB teachers worldwide. In a world that is growing increasingly smaller, this composite score gives students and Skyline valuable feedback about how we are doing compared with students around the globe. The IB organization sends a transcript of students’ scores to their colleges. Depending on the policy of the school, the score may be the basis of advanced placement or credit. Many schools give credit/placement for scores of 4 or 5 and above. The highest score possible is 7. A low IB score has no impact on student placement or acceptance.

Attn. Seniors who are registering for IB tests

College Letters:

Skyline IB Coordinator Marion Makin will putting together written confirmations of 2009/10 IB test registration that can accompany college applications. She writes these as soon as IB test registration is finished so letters should be distributed to students (at school) by end of November. If students need these letters any earlier, please give Ms. Makin at least two weeks’ notice.