Monitoring of the exhibition

Assessment of the exhibition takes place within the school. It should be ongoing throughout the whole process of the exhibition and it should be rigorous. The IB seeks to ensure the integrity of the PYP without formally monitoring internal assessment or conducting external examinations. Schools may find it helpful to refer to the exhibition reflection tool, included in this document, which is based on standard D2 of the IB Programme standards and practices (2005), as a guide to assessing their exhibition.

The monitoring of a school’s commitment to the exhibition will take place during the normal process of IB programme evaluation visits. Evidence of completed exhibitions should be available to members of an IB visiting team, and schools should therefore record the exhibition appropriately, for example through:

• individual student learning journals

• teacher anecdotal records of student work and performance

• a class journal

• a permanent record of the exhibition (planners, photographic or on video).

It is recommended that the PYP coordinator takes responsibility for maintaining the archive of exhibition records from one year to the other.