IBDP examination stats: May, 2010

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Production of a set of IBDP examination papers starts 18 months to 2 years before the actual examination session. There can be up to 3,000 different "live" examination papers and markschemes in production during a year for up to four examination sessions.  In May, 2010 731 different exam papers were produced, with 253 markschemes and 154 modified papers produced for candidates with special educational needs.  The EPPD printed 1,235,170 copies of papers which were dispatched to 1,772 schools. 12,885,070 pages were printed in total. The print run of papers and markschemes increases by 10% every year, so the International Baccalaureate is developing electronic assessment techniques to reduce their carbon footprint.