The International Baccalaureate Diploma Programs commonly referred to as the IBDP, is a comprehensive and balanced 2 year curriculum and assessment system that requires learners to study courses across all disciplines. Through careful subject selection, learners may tailor their course of studies to meet their needs. However, regardless of the subject selection, all learners will explore the connections between the six major subject areas, will study each subject through an international perspective, will reflect critically on what it means to be a ‘knower’, will pursue one subject in great detail through independent research, and will have an opportunity to apply their knowledge and skills in local and community outreach. The assessment pattern is formative rather than summative relying on a variety of different tools and strategies.