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Extended Essay Rubric for IB Feedback

Check an Extended Essay draft against rubric expectations for focus and method, knowledge and understanding, critical thinking, presentation, and engagement.

Use the Extended Essay Grader

Teacher-reviewed feedback draft, not auto-final grading.

Current mode is shown before users enter the workspace.

Current support

Supported

Use this workflow for IB Extended Essay rubric feedback and supervisor-reviewed grading drafts.

Audience

IB supervisors and students reviewing Extended Essay drafts

Use case

Understand EE rubric criteria and check a draft for research question focus, argument, evidence, structure, and reflection alignment.

Mode

supported

Rubric options

Extended Essay

Use this workflow for feedback and revision planning, not for generating an Extended Essay.

How it works

A simple teacher-reviewed workflow

Clarify the EE criteria

Use the rubric breakdown to identify what the draft must show before feedback is useful.

Paste or upload the draft

Add the Extended Essay draft, research question, subject area, and supervisor context.

Review rubric-aligned feedback

Rubric AI drafts feedback on focus, method, knowledge, critical thinking, presentation, and engagement.

Sample essay

History Extended Essay on Postwar Housing

To what extent did postwar housing policy reshape working-class communities in one urban district?

The essay argues that housing policy did more than rebuild damaged infrastructure; it reorganized social life by relocating families, changing access to work, and redefining neighborhood identity.

Sample grading report

Overall score: Strong focus, evidence needs calibration

The research question is focused and the argument has a clear direction. The next revision should make source evaluation more explicit and connect evidence back to the central line of inquiry.

Strengths

Research question is narrow enough for sustained analysis
Argument connects policy to social consequences
Structure follows a logical historical sequence

Improvements

Evaluate source value and limitations more directly
Connect each body section back to the research question
Make the reflection link clearer between process and decision-making

Rubric breakdown

What the tool reviews

Each SEO tool page can define its own grading dimensions, score labels, and feedback emphasis.

Focus and Method

Focused

Checks research question clarity, scope, method, and alignment with the selected subject.

Critical Thinking

Developing

Reviews argument quality, source use, analysis, evaluation, and sustained reasoning.

Presentation and Engagement

Review

Looks at structure, academic presentation, and whether reflections show meaningful research decisions.

Who this is for

IB supervisors and students reviewing Extended Essay drafts

Understand EE rubric criteria and check a draft for research question focus, argument, evidence, structure, and reflection alignment.

Use this page as the starting point for the Extended Essay rubric workflow, then continue into Rubric AI to upload the essay, choose the rubric context, and review the feedback draft.

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

Practical answers for teachers evaluating whether this tool fits their grading workflow.

What does the Extended Essay rubric assess?

The EE rubric assesses focus and method, knowledge and understanding, critical thinking, presentation, and engagement with the research process.

Can Rubric AI grade an Extended Essay?

Rubric AI can generate rubric-aligned EE feedback drafts for supervisor review. It is not an official IB examiner and should not replace supervisor judgment.

Does Rubric AI write the Extended Essay?

No. The EE workflow is for feedback, rubric checking, and revision planning. It should not be used to create student work.

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