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Draft Report on European Baccalaureate 2021

INDEX

1. Abbreviations 5
2. Introduction 6
3. New Marking Scale 7
4. The European Baccalaureate Examinations 9
4.1. Structure of the examinations 9
4.2. Calculation of the European Baccalaureate 2021 final mark 10
4.3. Additional written examinations 13
4.4. Correction of the European Baccalaureate Examinations: the On-line Correction System 14
5. Assurance Quality of the 2021 European Baccalaureate session 17
5.1. The European Baccalaureate Subjects 17
5.2. Quality control of the European Baccalaureate examinations proceedings 17
5.3. Inspectors responsible for the different subjects 19
6. The European Baccalaureate Candidates 21
6.1. Number of candidates in the 2021 European Baccalaureate session 21
6.2. Participation in the European Baccalaureate 2021 session by school and by language section 25
6.3. Candidates with Special Arrangements 27
6.4. Evolution of the number of schools and candidates over the years 28
7. General Results of the European Baccalaureate 2021 session 30
7.1. Success rate over the last 15 years 30
7.2. Final marks and averages 32
7.4. The Preliminary Marks 36
7.4.1. Preliminary marks and Final marks 36
7.4.2. Differences between Preliminary Mark and First Correction 37
7.4.3. Differences between Preliminary Mark and Second Correction 38
7.5. The Written Correction Marks 39
7.5.1. Differences between First Correction and Second Correction 39
7.5.2. Third corrections 40
7.5.3. Marks disagreement 42
7.6. Gender differences 43
7.7. European Baccalaureate examinations and most popular written and oral examination options 46
7.7.1. Most popular written choices 47
7.7.2. Most popular oral choices 50
7.7.3. Combination L3 - Sciences 50
7.8. Students Without A Language Section (SWALS) 51
7.9. Final Results for Pupils with Special Arrangements 53
7.9.1. Candidates 53
7.9.2. Success Rate 53
7.9.3. Choices of examinations 54
7.9.4. Overall final mark 54
7.9.5. Distribution of marks 55
7.9.6. Results per gender and averages 55
8. Results about the Sciences: Biology, Chemistry, Economic Sciences, Mathematics, and
Physics 56
8.1. Final Marks for Science Classes 56
8.2. Comparison of Final Marks / Written Marks of Scientific Courses 56
8.2.1. Biology Final Mark (general average. 7.53) 57
8.2.2. Chemistry Final Mark (general average. 7.44) 58
8.2.3. Economics Final Mark (general average 7.45) 59
8.2.4. Maths 3P Final Mark (general average. 6.62) 60
8.2.5. Maths 5P Final Mark (general average. 7.16) 61
8.2.6. Physics Final Mark (general average. 7.70) 62
8.3. European Baccalaureate Sciences Written Examination Marks Results 63
8.3.1. Biology (Success rate: 85.18%) 64
8.3.2. Chemistry (Success rate: 77.44%) 66
8.3.3. Economics (Success rate: 85.36%) 68
8.3.4. Mathematics 3P (Success rate: 70.23%) 70
8.3.5. Mathematics 5P (Success rate: 76.15%) 72
8.3.6. Physics (Success rate: 85.36%) 74
9. EB Report 2021 On-Line Version: Interactive graphs 76
10. Complaints and Appeals 77

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