IB Business Management HL: IA Teacher Marking Comments Document

This is a structured document intended to assist IB Business Management instructors with accurate marking of the internal assessment (IA) for the Business Management course at HL level. The document also allows instructor comments to be made for each criterion.

The document can be used for internal marking purposes, or as a “Teacher Marking Comments Document” for upload to IBIS. To clarify, the IBO specifies that IAs uploaded to the IB Information System (IBIS) should be accompanied by a Teacher Marking Comments Document. The IB does not specify the exact nature of that document; it could be a simple grid or handwritten notes. However, this downloadable document contains all marking criteria and descriptors along with sufficient space for marking notes, so it can easily serve as a teacher marking comments document for the purpose of IBIS upload.

For this intended use, teachers would print out a copy for each HL IA, fill in marks and comments for each criterion, append the completed document to the student’s IA, then upload a scanned version to IBIS when needed.