不隸屬任一國家，又最風行世界的國際教育領跑者—IB項目，正在被越來越多的選擇國際學校中國家庭所熟知。不少家長想當然的認為IB項目是素質教育，沒考試。很遺憾，IBDP不但要考，而且是全球統考。北半球的IB學子不論哪國人在哪個城市生活都要參加每年5月份的...“大考”。

　　IB學子不是為了逃避高考的競爭，他們只是放棄了和自己同胞競爭，而選擇了和全球近150個國家的同齡人競爭。IBDP的大考時間表了解一下，素材源自IB0。

      Principles used in creating the IB Examination Schedule

　　1. It is not possible to take into account public, national or school holidays, or religious festivals because of the number of countries in which the IB Diploma Programme is offered.

　　2. Registration data has been used to ensure that the minimum number of candidates globally are impacted by subject timetable clashes.

　　3. Studies in language and literature and Language acquisition subjects are not scheduled on the same day so a candidate does not have to be examined in two different language subjects on the same day.

　　4. Arabic examinations in either Studies in language and literature or Language acquisition will not be scheduled on a Friday out of respect for candidates of the Islamic faith.

　　5. Almost all subjects are scheduled in an afternoon and morning pattern on consecutive days. This is to minimise the impact of absence on any given day, whilst maintaining continuity for candidates.

　　6. Subjects with the highest candidature are not scheduled consecutively and are spread as evenly as possible over 3 weeks to try and distribute the workload for candidates. Language examinations and science examinations are scheduled on each of the 3 weeks for the same reason.

　　7. Except for English, Spanish and French, Language A examinations are scheduled separately from Language B.

　　8. The examination period remains three weeks long. This is to maintain an acceptable balance between the number of conflicts in the schedule, the school overheads in running an examination schedule, the time available to teach, and the IB’s responsibility to get the marking done on time to the required quality.

　　Rescheduling Policy

　　• Rescheduling of an exam for a candidate requires approval from IB.

　　• The criteria and the process for applying for a reschedule can be found in the Diploma Programme Assessment procedures (formerly Handbook of procedures)

　　2021 Examination Schedule

　　• The exam schedule in 2021 will start on Thursday 29 April 2021, and end on Friday 21 May 2021, subject to confirmation in 2020.