Assessment of the extended essay is a combination of formative assessment (the Reflections on planning and progress form) and summative assessment (the extended essay itself).

Generic assessment criteria are applied to all essays, whether subject-focused or interdisciplinary. Application of the criteria is informed by the subject context or interdisciplinary context of the essay.

EE Assessment Guide .pdf

These authentic examples in a broad range of subjects are intended to illustrate the assessment component of the course and to inform supervisors and students about how the assessment criteria are interpreted and applied. They are each presented with their respective reflection and progress form (RPF) and commentary from the examiner. 

To maintain the authenticity of the work submitted for assessment, citation and referencing has been left intact, and the essays may include spelling, grammatical and other inconsistencies or errors. For copyright reasons some images may have been removed, but these redactions do not impede the reading and/or understanding of the essays. For further protection of copyright, supervisors should not share any extended essay examples outside the bounds of in-school use.

Assessed Student Work .pdf