Economics IA Resources

The Revision Village Economics IA Resources are a structured, rubric-aligned framework designed to help teachers guide students through the full IA portfolio journey. Developed by experienced IB educators and examiners, the resources provide step-by-step support across every criterion, with particular focus on the misconceptions and common mistakes that most often limit marks—helping you set clear standards, sharpen student responses, and lift overall portfolio quality.

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Links

  • IB Economics HL IA Resources
  • IB Economics SL IA Resources

The Revision Village Economics Team is pleased to introduce the Economics Internal Assessment Resources, a structured, rubric-aligned framework designed to support you in guiding students through the 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. Each assessment criterion is addressed in depth, with particular emphasis on common student misconceptions and the mistakes that most frequently limit marks.
 
Watch this 2-minute walkthrough on the Economics IA Resources below, or follow this YouTube link.

What Is Currently Available?

The Steps to Writing a Commentary pathway is now live!
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It provides a step-by-step guide for writing an economics commentary, understanding each of the assessment criteria, and creating logical arguments to show the understanding of economic theory, all organized into four key sections:
  • Using the Article in the Commentary
  • Linking the Key Concept to the Article
  • Evaluation: Making a Balanced Judgement
Across this module, you will have access to classroom-ready tools that you can easily share with your students to help them strengthen their IA skills:
  • Video explanations to understand what each criterion means
  • Flashcards to practice key skills
  • Assignable workshops to practice each step to apply them effectively to students’ own commentary
 
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  • Question sets to consolidate the skills students need for application and evaluation.

Coming Soon

The Economics IA Resources will expand with additional teacher-ready support materials, including:
  • An Exemplar library, to strengthen the understanding of how to address the assessment criteria
  • Nuts-and-bolts guidance on everything students need to know before starting the Economics IA
 
Stay tuned!