[etni] Fw: re: discrepancy in grades

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Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2007 07:46:12 +0200
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From: "Esther Revivo" <estherrv@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: RE: discrepancy in grades


Amen to every word you wrote, Judy! I am upset, additionally,
by what I feel is too large a difference in the level of difficulty
of the same module from season to season. My E pupils
got much better grades on the bagrut exam than on their
matkonot, since in my opinion, this winter's E was the easiest
in my memory. So, add together non-participation in outside
reading; missing classes plus low grades on old bagrut
exams (for matkonot) and you get a recipe for a horrific
discrepency between the magen and the test results.
And, as you said, WE (who put in so, SO many hours,
on the whole unappreciated by most pupils and principals)
come off as the "bad guys."
**sigh** Who said life was easy, or fair?
Esther Revivo


Judy wrote:
>I'm not sure which discrepancy everyone is talking about..but my problem
>remains the same that I point out EVERY year.... which is
>  the yearly grade is based not only on tests and the matchonet but also on
>YEARLY WORK... and I have students who easily get 90+ on the matchonet and
>in the Bagrut itself but do little or nothing in preparing tasks (book,
>literature, class and home assignments). This creates the discrepancy
>between the Bagrut results and the yearly grade....leading to a "heated'
>discussion  between the "rechaz shkicvah"....( And how does one translate
>that?? ) and me. Of course, I, a  believer in a yearly grade that reflects
>the year's work- comes off as being "inflexible" (the bad guy)....
>Every year the issue remains unsolved and I am made to feel that if the
>Ministry c omes down on us I'll be hung out to dry...
>Why- and I ask this EVERY year.. isn't there some one in the Ministry who
>is aware that there is a possible discrepancy
>because the work considered for the yearly gr and those points tested on
>the >BAgrut..ARE NOT THE SAME ?????
>(And anyone who claims otherwise has not be in a BAgrut prep classrm
>lately!!! )   jesg


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