Difference between revisions of "IB Exam Procedures"
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| + | # Students must arrive at least 15-20 minutes before the published start time | ||
| + | # Students must enter the exam room in a quiet and orderly manner | ||
| + | # All bags, pocketbooks, and other belongings should be left at the front of the exam room | ||
| + | # No text books/note books/instruction books are to be brought into the exam room | ||
| + | # No food or drink (other than water) are to be brought into the exam room | ||
| + | # No cell phones or other electronic devices are to be brought into the exam room—if caught with a phone, the student will be dismissed from the room and the exam will be canceled | ||
| + | # Candidates should take at least a pen, a pencil and a ruler to all examinations | ||
| + | # Students must write in either blue or black ink (except for multiple choice papers) | ||
| + | # Students should use pencils for drawing and for multiple choice papers | ||
| + | # Items of general stationery, such as erasers, colored pencils, rulers and geometry instruments are allowed | ||
| + | # Calculators will be provided by WL | ||
| + | # Rough/scratch paper will not be provided for planning an answer. For unstructured examination papers such work must be written in an answer booklet. For examinations that use a structured examination paper the working out etc can be written on the examination paper, supplemented with answers booklet if necessary. If a student does not want this draft work to be marked, a line must be drawn through that work | ||
| + | # Bathroom breaks will be limited—use the bathroom beforehand | ||
| + | # Early departures—students are not allowed to leave the examination room during the first hour or during the last 15 minutes of an examination. Consequently, students will not be allowed to leave the examination room if the duration is one hour or less. If a candidate leaves the examination before the scheduled finishing time, the student will not be allowed to return | ||
| + | # Late arrivals with no acceptable reason (civil unrest, road accident) will NOT be allowed to enter the examination room | ||
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1. Candidates must arrive 10-15 minutes before the official examination start time. All candidates must enter the room in a quiet and orderly manner. The sooner candidates get started, the sooner they can leave. | 1. Candidates must arrive 10-15 minutes before the official examination start time. All candidates must enter the room in a quiet and orderly manner. The sooner candidates get started, the sooner they can leave. | ||
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10. Testing conflicts - A student with one or more AP and IB exams at the same time must sit for his/her regularly scheduled IB exam. A makeup will be offered for the AP exam. Please see Mr. DeMagistris and Mrs. McClellan if you have a testing conflict. | 10. Testing conflicts - A student with one or more AP and IB exams at the same time must sit for his/her regularly scheduled IB exam. A makeup will be offered for the AP exam. Please see Mr. DeMagistris and Mrs. McClellan if you have a testing conflict. | ||
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Revision as of 08:18, 29 April 2013
- Students must arrive at least 15-20 minutes before the published start time
- Students must enter the exam room in a quiet and orderly manner
- All bags, pocketbooks, and other belongings should be left at the front of the exam room
- No text books/note books/instruction books are to be brought into the exam room
- No food or drink (other than water) are to be brought into the exam room
- No cell phones or other electronic devices are to be brought into the exam room—if caught with a phone, the student will be dismissed from the room and the exam will be canceled
- Candidates should take at least a pen, a pencil and a ruler to all examinations
- Students must write in either blue or black ink (except for multiple choice papers)
- Students should use pencils for drawing and for multiple choice papers
- Items of general stationery, such as erasers, colored pencils, rulers and geometry instruments are allowed
- Calculators will be provided by WL
- Rough/scratch paper will not be provided for planning an answer. For unstructured examination papers such work must be written in an answer booklet. For examinations that use a structured examination paper the working out etc can be written on the examination paper, supplemented with answers booklet if necessary. If a student does not want this draft work to be marked, a line must be drawn through that work
- Bathroom breaks will be limited—use the bathroom beforehand
- Early departures—students are not allowed to leave the examination room during the first hour or during the last 15 minutes of an examination. Consequently, students will not be allowed to leave the examination room if the duration is one hour or less. If a candidate leaves the examination before the scheduled finishing time, the student will not be allowed to return
- Late arrivals with no acceptable reason (civil unrest, road accident) will NOT be allowed to enter the examination room
