IB Economics IA Resources
The Revision Village Economics IA Resources are a structured, rubric-aligned framework designed to support you through every stage of your IA portfolio. Developed by experienced IB educators and examiners, they provide step-by-step guidance to help you build high-achieving commentaries—while avoiding the common mistakes that consistently limit marks in lower-scoring portfolios.’
The Revision Village Economics IA Resources Are Here
Watch an overview video below, or follow this YouTube link.
The Economics Internal Assessment Resources are a structured, rubric-aligned framework designed to support you through your IA journey.
Developed by our team of experienced IB educators and examiners, these resources provide step-by-step support for building a high-achieving internal assessment portfolio. Lower-scoring economics portfolios usually have similar issues, so we have given particular attention to help you avoid the common mistakes examiners see.
What’s Currently Available
The Steps to Writing a Commentary pathway is now live!
A step-by-step guide to writing an economics commentary, understanding each assessment criterion, and building logical arguments that demonstrate a clear understanding of economic theory.
Across this pathway, you will work through four key sections:
- Using the Article in the Commentary
- Linking the Key Concept to the Article
- Analyzing Economic Theory Effectively
- Evaluation: Making a Balanced Judgement
You will also have access to a variety of tools to help you
- Video explanations to understand precisely what each criterion means
- Flashcards to practice key skills
- Workshops to practice each step and apply it to your own commentary
- Question sets to consolidate the skills you need for application and evaluation
How This Helps You
Instead of guessing what examiners are looking for, these resources help you:
- Learn each criterion clearly, with guided explanations and examples
- Target the common mistakes that most often limit marks
- Provide structured practice that builds confident, high-quality commentary writing
Coming Soon
The Economics IA Resources will soon expand into a complete end-to-end IA suite with new modules, including:
- An Exemplar Library
Our selection of exemplar portfolios will help guide you towards producing high-level work.
- Nuts-and-bolts
Guidance on everything you need to know before starting the Economics IA.By making use of these resources, we are sure you will have a clear understanding of how to earn top marks for the economics internal assessment. Stay tuned!
