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IB Economics Internal Assessment support

Article suitability checks and feedback on commentary PDFs

Save an article with its text, publication date and core concept. You can then request an article check or attach a commentary PDF for draft feedback.

Two separate submissions

An article check or a report on your commentary

Paste the article text and its source details. For draft feedback, upload a PDF containing your commentary only.

  • Article report: date eligibility, suitability and scope for economic analysis.
  • Draft report: diagrams, terminology, application and analysis, key concept, and evaluation.
  • Each report is attached to the article or draft you submitted.

What each IA report covers

The article form asks for the source, link, publication date, core concept and full article text. You can also enter the date on which you plan to write the commentary; the date check uses this to assess the article’s age.

For draft feedback, select a saved article and upload a PDF containing only your commentary. The report has separate sections for diagrams, terminology, application and analysis, the key concept, and evaluation, followed by an overall comment.

Article checks and draft analyses are separate requests. Their reports remain attached to the article or draft you submitted.

  • Article text and source details
  • Commentary-only PDF upload
  • Separate article and draft reports

How it works

  1. Save the article with its publication date and core concept.
  2. Request the article check, or attach a commentary PDF to the article.
  3. Open the report for the analysis you selected.