IB ECONOMICS IA NEWS VALIDATOR

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right article.

Read the news, identify its economic story, then validate its article-grounded evaluation potential.

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02Complete your student pre-checkRead the article first. Your answers will be compared with the article.

1. Summarise the event in one sentence Include what happened, when, and where. 2. Identify one central economic policy Choose one main policy—not a list of unrelated topics. 3. Copy one possible piece of evaluation evidence Use an exact short quotation from the article. Why might this evidence help you evaluate the policy?

03Identify key concepts already usedThe validator will exclude these and recommend the strongest article-related alternative.

Select “None used yet” or every key concept already used in your earlier IA commentary/ies.

04Confirm IA basic requirementsYou remain responsible for these portfolio checks.

✓A different syllabus unitDifferent from your other IA commentaries ✓A different news sourceDifferent publisher from your other articles ✓Published within one yearOf your planned commentary date

Complete the student pre-check, identify previously used concepts, and confirm all three requirements to continue.

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Reviewing the economic story

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right article.