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International Advanced Levels Economics (2018)

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IAL Economics: assessment support

Subject update | Tue Mar 11 17:33:00 UTC 2025

IAL Economics: assessment support

The purpose of this page is to help you understand the assessment of IAL Economics.

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There is a sister page to help you in the delivery of this qualification.

Examiners' reports

Examiners' reports are a useful way of understanding the standard that has been applied. You can see exemplar student answers to each question with examiner comments and tips. Combining a reading of the examiners' reports with the mark schemes can provide useful insights.

There are 4 assessment objectives.

Note that A01 and A02 carry more weight in AS than in A2 whereas A03 and A04 carry more weight in the A2 than in the AS.

There are extracts from the examiners' reports as they relate to the different command verbs below:

Grade boundaries

A grade boundary is the minimum mark at which a letter grade can be achieved. For example, if the grade boundary for a B is 60 marks, then 60 is the minimum mark at which a B can be achieved. A mark of 59 would therefore be a C grade.

For modular qualifications, assessments can be taken in various exam sessions throughout the duration of the course.

A raw mark is the actual mark awarded by the examiner for an assessment.

Raw marks are converted to UMS marks for all modular qualifications. This is because raw mark grade boundaries may change from exam session to exam session to take into account variations in the difficulty of assessments.  

Grade statistics

The grade statistics show:

  • the total number of candidates
  • the cumulative percentage of candidates at each grade boundary as a percentage of the total cohort
  • an asterisk (*) denotes provisional statistics
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