Curriculum and assessment centre

The International Baccalaureate® (IB) curriculum and assessment centre is based in Cardiff, UK, and comprises the academic and assessment functions.

Academic

The academic function incorporates:

• the programmes division, responsible for the continued development and articulation of the three programmes offered by the IB
  
• professional development division (PDD), which aims to improve the provision of online and face-to-face professional development opportunities for IB teachers around the world
  
• the language services department, which provides a quality-control service for IB material produced in French, Spanish and Chinese. The main activities undertaken by the department are translating, editing, and maintaining bilingual and multilingual glossaries.

Assessment

The work of the assessment function includes the production and administration of examination papers, checking of examination script marking and supporting programme coordinators worldwide.