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PYP and MYP student performance measured

The Australian Council for Educational Research, a leading educational research organization, recently released the findings of an IB-commissioned study examining the performance of IB students and non-IB students on the International Schools Assessment (ISA).
On the whole, the results indicate that Primary Years Programme (PYP) and Middle Years Programme (MYP) students performed as well as or better than their non-IB peers across all four ISA assessment domains (math literacy, reading, narrative writing, and expository writing) in a majority of grade levels, with particularly strong differences in grade ten (15-16 years of age) math and expository writing. In addition, IB students’ ISA scores in grades nine (14-15 years of age) and ten compare favorably to PISA benchmarks in math and reading. The study also reviewed MYP moderation results from IB schools participating in the ISA and found that the MYP moderation results align strongly with ISA assessment areas and measure common skills. This finding provides evidence for the validity of the MYP moderation process.
The ISA is designed specifically for students in international schools worldwide and assesses student performance in Grades 3 to 10 (2 – 16 years of age). The math and reading components of the assessment are based on the reading and mathematical literacy frameworks of the OECD’s (Organisation for International Co-operation and Development) Programme for International Student Assessment. Last year, more than 49,000 students from 260 schools participated in the ISA.
The study sample included 23,575 IB students and 14,317 non-IB students across Asia and Oceania, Europe, Africa and the Americas, who participated in ISA administrations from 2007-2009. It is the first study of this scale to demonstrate that student performance in the PYP and MYP meets or exceeds the performance of non-IB peers.
A full summary of the results can be found on the IB website.
For further information about this study, contact the IB Research Department at ibru@ibo.org