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The International Baccalaureate (IB) is reviewing the design of the Middle Years Programme (MYP). Since 1994, over 900 schools worldwide have adopted the MYP as a means of providing an education that recognizes the developmental needs of students aged 11 to 16. The programme provides academic rigour and challenge while also meeting the needs of students in different cultures and educational contexts.
The proposed changes to the MYP seek to enhance these underlying strengths, enable more schools to offer the programme within national and state systems and align it more closely with the other IB programmes in order to provide a coherent educational pathway for students. The new design will create an innovative, concept‐based and appropriately assessed programme for 11‐16 year olds that fully reflects the IB principles of teaching and learning.
Although a number of details are still to be decided, we now have a clear direction for the development of the curriculum framework and an assessment blueprint. This curriculum and assessment will enable more students to access an IB education. It will be further recognized by governments and universities and will carry prestige as being a leader in international education. The ground‐breaking conceptual framework and innovative interdisciplinary e‐assessment will attract even more schools to the programme. We anticipate accelerated growth in the number of MYP schools and an increasing impact of MYP students within their local community and world‐wide. The core documentation for the programme is scheduled for piloting from January and June 2012. The IB Professional Development, Publishing, School Services, IT and Communication departments will support the launch in 2014, with first assessment in 2015.
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The International Baccalaureate (IB) is reviewing the design of the Middle Years Programme (MYP). Since 1994, over 900 schools worldwide have adopted the MYP as a means of providing an education that recognizes the developmental needs of students aged 11 to 16. The programme provides academic rigour and challenge while also meeting the needs of students in different cultures and educational contexts.
The proposed changes to the MYP seek to enhance these underlying strengths, enable more schools to offer the programme within national and state systems and align it more closely with the other IB programmes in order to provide a coherent educational pathway for students. The new design will create an innovative, concept‐based and appropriately assessed programme for 11‐16 year olds that fully reflects the IB principles of teaching and learning.
Although a number of details are still to be decided, we now have a clear direction for the development of the curriculum framework and an assessment blueprint. This curriculum and assessment will enable more students to access an IB education. It will be further recognized by governments and universities and will carry prestige as being a leader in international education. The ground‐breaking conceptual framework and innovative interdisciplinary e‐assessment will attract even more schools to the programme. We anticipate accelerated growth in the number of MYP schools and an increasing impact of MYP students within their local community and world‐wide. The core documentation for the programme is scheduled for piloting from January and June 2012. The IB Professional Development, Publishing, School Services, IT and Communication departments will support the launch in 2014, with first assessment in 2015.