For the past 25 years, ISB has been proud to be an accredited IB World School preparing students for success in university life and beyond. This year, ISB had a total of 122 candidates taking IB Diploma Programme examinations, with 118 students entered into the full Diploma Programme. Of the 118 students entered for the full IB Diploma Programme, 98% of students were awarded the full Diploma scoring an average of 35 points (well above the world average of 79% pass rate and 30 average points). One student even achieved a perfect score of 45 points! ISB is proud to be an inclusive school and our results continue to place our school at the top amongst other inclusive schools around the world.

Despite the challenges this year has brought, the students of the class of 2020 have shown resilience, determination and perseverance and we are proud of their outstanding achievements both academically and outside the classroom. We congratulate our students and wish them success as they move into the next step of their journey.  

We track our students’ progress with a range of different assessments. One of the methods ISB uses is the Measures of Academic Progress (MAP), developed by Northwest Evaluation Association (NWEA), as an externally referenced assessment tool to benchmark learning growth. MAP provides comprehensive data on student achievement and growth, over time, in Reading and Mathematics. Achievement in MAP is indicated by a RIT score, and it is expected that RIT scores will increase over time. 

ISB MAP test results are reported along with the data from: 

1. USA Normative Data (all students writing MAP tests in the USA); this has just been updated (hence 2020 year) and will be the one used for the next five years.
2. ECIS Schools (The Educational Collaborative for International Schools - which grew out of the European Council of International Schools) - a group of like minded international schools of which 95 write MAP tests; 
3. EARCOS Schools (East Asian Regional Council of Schools) - the highest achieving region for international schools of which 110 write MAP tests. 

Note: ECIS and EARCOS data are not available for this year as it is published at a later stage. This means that ISB data is post COVID whilst ECIS and EARCOS data is before COVID.

MAP results are provided as a numerical RIT (Raisch Unit) score. This score is used to measure a student’s achievement level at different times of the school year and compute growth.

1 = US Public school students. NWEA results are completed every three years. The most recent data of all NWEA norms is from 2020.
2 = The Educational Collaborative for International Schools, a group of like minded international schools of which 95 write MAP tests.
3 = East Asian Regional Council of Schools, the highest achieving region for international schools of which 110 write MAP tests.