[etni] [FWD: RE: module E results

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Date: Wed, 14 Jul 2004 04:01:52 -0700
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 From: "laurie sapir" <lfs22@xxxxxxxxxxx>
 Subject: RE: module E results
  
 Dear fellow Etnians, 
 
 After reading the many comments regarding the modlule E bagrut test, I
 wanted to add my two cents and be counted. I feel the Ministry must
take 
 into consideration: 
 
 1. what Sharon Tsur wrote about the kind of questions asked and what
 percentage of the total they should comprise (black and white vs.
higher
 cognitive level questions) 
 
 2.  Terri Benor 's remarks (which mirror my experience exactly) - that
test
 results were way off vis-a-vis our top students, despite our rigorous
 demandsand the fact that we also maintain high standards when we mark
their
 exams 
 
  3.  Nina Golumb's suggestion (some kind of compensation for this
year's
 students who were the guinea pigs). 
 
 I never before criticized a bagrut test, because I believe that a test
 should not be totally predictable and results assured. Just as in the
real
 world, students have to be prepared for almost anything on a test, and
live
 with the results.  
 
 This time, however, is different.  I strongly feel we need more
questions
 worth fewer points, to be fair. And it's  OK to test intellilgent
thinking
 based on a text, but the majority of the q;uestions should test pure
reading
 comprehension. 
 
 My top 5 point class saw only one student get in the 90's. This is a
class
 that read the entire play of Romeo and Juliet this year for literature
and
 did a great job with it. This class includes native speakers, and many
high
 level students, who all got in the low 80's. MORE QUESTIONS WORTH FEWER
 POINTS  - TO BE FAIR! There is now a big gap between the school grade
and
 thebagrut test grade. We can say it's only 1/3 of the entire bagrut but
to
 the kids it's a blow. 
 
 Sincerely, 
 
 Laurie Sapir 
 


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