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IB Programme Alignment Tool

IB Programme Alignment Series

How aligned is your IB programme — really?

A confidential five-question assessment for IB educators. Surface the gaps between your written curriculum and your lived classroom practice — across inquiry depth, conceptual anchoring, assessment integrity, equity & access, and professional collaboration — before your next IB evaluation does.

~8 minutes·5 questions·Confidential

Section 01

About you

A few quick details so we can tune your report. Required before generating.

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Question 1 of 5

Inquiry Authenticity

In your most recent unit, to what extent did students generate their own inquiry questions vs. answer questions you provided? Describe a specific example.

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Question 2 of 5

Conceptual Connections

How explicitly did you help students connect this unit's central concept to other disciplines and to their own lives or communities? What evidence can you point to?

03

Question 3 of 5

Differentiation & Inclusion

Which students in your class had genuine choice in HOW they demonstrated their learning — and which did not? What drove that difference?

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Question 4 of 5

Assessment Authenticity

What percentage of your recent assessments were formative (ongoing feedback loops) vs. summative (end-of-unit grades)? Which asked students to demonstrate authentic understanding vs. recall?

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Question 5 of 5

Collaborative Reflection

When was the last time you observed a colleague's lesson or had a colleague observe yours? What specific change to your own practice resulted from that experience?

Complete the About You section first