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IEB EDITORIAL

SUSTAINING
COURSES AND WORKSHOPS EXCELLENCE
Beyond assessment, the IEB
actively supports teaching and
learning through high-impact
ASSESSMENT DATA GROWTH INNOVATION LANGUAGE MATHS THINKING
MATTERS MATTERS MATTERS MATTERS MATTERS MATTERS MATTERS
professional development,
including:
Assessment Using Data Connections All Languages Creative Thinking
Assessor Course Basics Matter
Design Matters Effectively Matters Matter Matter Matters
• Assessment design and
moderation workshops
Understanding
Assessment Moderator Deep Learning Confidence Computational
Standardisation Listening Matters
Literacy Matters Course Matters Matters Thinking Matters • Competency-based and
and Adjustments
critical thinking workshops
Fairness Bridging the Gap Digital Reasoning Critical Thinking
Reading Matters
Matters Matters Matters Matters Matters • Workshops supporting
assessment in digitally
Multiple Choice Stuck in the Generation Next
Talking Matters HOTS Matter evolving classrooms
Questions Matter Middle Matters
• Subject-specific and phase-
Core Skills Project-Based Questions focused professional learning
Writing Matters
Matter Learning Matters Matter
Research This ensures that assessment
Matters
remains educationally sound,
aligned and meaningful.

STABILITY. CONTINUITY. CONFIDENCE.
Just as major life decisions are made with the long
term in mind, education choices should deliver value
over time.

The IEB’s assessment pathway – from primary school
through to matric and Further Studies – offers families
confidence that standards are maintained and
progression is intentional at every stage.

The strength of the IEB lies not only in its outcomes, but
also in how achievement is assessed: independently,
carefully, and with a long-term view.

In a world of rapid change, assessment integrity
becomes a signal of trust. That is why stability, Confidence Dikgole
independence and consistency matter. IEB CEO

More than marks. More than metrics. Meaningful learning for life.

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