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Draft Report on European Baccalaureate 2019

INDEX

1. Abbreviations 4
2. Introduction 5
3. The European Baccalaureate Examinations 6
3.1. Structure of the examinations 6
3.2. Additional written examinations 7
3.3. Correction of the European Baccalaureate Examinations: the On-line Correction System 8
4. Assurance Quality of the 2019 European Baccalaureate session 11
4.1. The European Baccalaureate Subjects 11
4.2. Quality control of the European Baccalaureate examinations proceedings 11
4.3. Inspectors responsible for the different subjects 13
5. The European Baccalaureate Candidates 15
5.1. Number of candidates in the 2019 European Baccalaureate session 15
5.2. Participation in the European Baccalaureate 2019 session by school and by language section 18
5.3. Candidates with Special Arrangements 20
5.4. Evolution of the number of schools and candidates over the years 21
6. General Results of the European Baccalaureate 2019 session 23
6.1. Success rate over the last 15 years 23
6.2. Final marks and averages 26
6.4. The Preliminary Marks 30
6.4.1. Preliminary marks and Final marks 30
6.4.2. Differences between Preliminary Mark and First Correction 31
6.4.3. Differences between Preliminary Mark and Second Correction 32
6.5. The Written Correction Marks 33
6.5.1. Differences between First Correction and Second Correction 33
6.5.2. Third corrections 34
6.5.3. Marks disagreement 36
6.6. Gender differences 38
6.7. European Baccalaureate examinations and most popular written and oral examination options 41
6.7.1. Most popular written choices 42
6.7.2. Most popular oral choices 47
6.7.3. Combination L3 - Sciences 48
6.8. Students Without A Language Section (SWALS) 49
6.9. Final Results for Pupils with Special Arrangements 51
6.9.1. Candidates 51
6.9.2. Success Rate 51
6.9.3. Choices of examinations 52
6.9.4. Overall final mark 52
6.9.5. Distribution of marks 53
6.9.6. Results per gender and averages 54
7. Results about the Sciences: Biology, Chemistry, Economic Sciences, Mathematics, and Physics 55
7.1. Final Marks for Science Classes 55
7.2. Comparison of Final Marks / Written Marks of Scientific Courses 56
7.2.1. Biology Final Mark (gen average. 7.68) 57
7.2.2. Chemistry Final Mark (gen. average. 7.78) 58
7.2.3. Economics Final Mark (gen. average 7.66) 59
7.2.4. Maths 3P Final Mark (gen. average. 6.97) 60
7.2.5. Maths 5P Final Mark (gen. average. 7.38) 61
7.2.6. Physics Final Mark (gen. average. 7.87) 62
7.3. European Baccalaureate Sciences Written Examination Marks Results 63
7.3.1. Biology (Success rate: 75.88%) 64
7.3.2. Chemistry (Success rate: 81.77%) 66
7.3.3. Economics (Success rate: 78.09%) 68
7.3.4. Mathematics 3P (Success rate: 69.54%) 70
7.3.5. Mathematics 5P (Success rate: 70.04%) 72
7.3.6. Physics (Success rate: 81.30%) 74
7.4. Oral Mark Averages for Science EB Examinations 76
8. EB Report 2019 On-Line Version: Interactive graphs 77
9. Complaints and Appeals 78