IB Overall Value-Added Analysis - January 2026

IB Overall Value-Added Analysis - January 2026

This article provides an overview of the IB Strategic Value-Added report for the IB Diploma.

In this article, you'll find an overview of the new report with step-by-step guidance on how to download it. You can also watch a short video in which Alps Director of Education and Product Development, Sue Macgregor, demonstrates how to download the PDF Report from the IB zone in Connect and explains more about the new pages and indicators featured in the report: 


Overview 

Alps has been supporting IB schools for more than four years and we are now enhancing that support with the introduction of the new IB Strategic Value-Added Report - a powerful resource showing strategic value-added analysis for the IB Diploma.   

 

Driven by feedback from colleagues using Connect for their IB analysis, we’ve introduced a suite of strategic value‑added indicators directly into the Connect. These high‑level measures sit alongside your subject‑level value‑added outcomes and attainment analysis, giving you a more complete and strategic view of performance. 

 

This powerful new report captures the overall value‑added progress of an entire cohort. It provides a clear picture of how students have performed against their expected progress based on prior attainment, empowering leaders within IB schools to identify strengths, target improvements and celebrate genuine value‑added success. 


The report is intended to:

  • Provide a high-level strategic snapshot of IB value-added performance across all IB subjects

  • Compliment the analysis provided by subject value-added data in the platform

  • Support leadership conversations around progress, attainment, and teaching impact

What the IB Strategic Value-Added Report includes

The IB Strategic Value-Added report presents an overall strategic value-added analysis based on the an IB gradepoint trend. This might be an examination trend over four years, or a in-year monitoring point trend. 

The report includes:

1. Overall Quality Indicator (QI) Score and Grade

2. Red Teaching and Learning Score

  • Indicates the percentage of IB subject entries which are in the top 25% of subjects nationally

  • Highlights areas of strong teaching and learning impact

  • Useful for identifying effective practice 

3. Blue Teaching and Learning Score

  • Indicates the percentage of IB subject entries in the bottom 25% of subjects nationally

  • Helps leaders identify areas requiring targeted support or intervention

Together, these measures allow leaders to assess both areas of strengths and risks within the DP provision at a strategic level.


Downloading the PDF Report

The new strategic analysis can be found on an exportable, standalone PDF, accessible from within the IB Performance Measures section in Connect. 


To access the report, follow these steps 
  1. Log in to Connect
  2. Ensure you have an IB gradepoint trend selected 
  3. Click into the Headline Measures for IB









    1. Click into the 5th tab: Strategic Value Added

    1. Click Export PDF
      1. Your PDF will open within your downloads - click tray symbol on top right of screen to open your download


    1. Click on the PDF to view



    Coming Soon

    Excel download, and aggregated IB value-added metrics at Group level




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