----- Original Message ----- From: laurie ornstein - laurenmadeline@xxxxxxxxx Subject: "magen" grade Hi Everyone, This is an interesting subject and could be an interesting poll, too. I'm not a big fan of these school grades for all the reasons mentioned so far. As I recall, in Yonkers, N.Y. we had no such animal! We did have an internal school grade and our Regents Exam grade but these were separate and did not affect each other in calculating a final grade. Why not do the same here? This does, however, jilt the project and extensive reading from the Bagrut grade. There will soon be a literature module and that's "covered". Extensive reading, as in Hebrew , could be included in an exam...not exactly my cup of tea, I admit. The project? Alternatively, these could both remain compulsory but not be a part of the Bagrut grade itself. And even if we all agree on the way to go, will anyone really listen to us? Laurie ----------------------------------------------- ** Etni homepage - http://www.etni.org or - http://www.etni.org.il ** ** for help - ask@xxxxxxxx ** ** to post to this list - etni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** -----------------------------------------------