[etni] Re: Fwd: re: summer literature exam
- From: Maxine Cwagrach <maxinetz@xxxxxxx>
- To: etni.list@xxxxxxxxx, 'Etni' <etni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 06 Jul 2012 01:00:59 +0300
I second what Mitzi has said regarding recent comments about the literature
exam:
1) There is no basis to the claim that "most of the grades were low." How
does the writer know this? Does she have statistics that nobody else has?
As a marker of this exam I can attest to the fact that there were many high
grades in the 90s and even 100s. We will all be smarter when the final
statistics are published but until then I suggest not jumping to any hasty,
unfounded conclusions.
2) The grading rubrics, with only minor changes, have been in place since
the first exam (the pilot exam) was given in January 2009. It is sheer
nonsense to claim otherwise.
3) There is no "conspiracy" to get teachers to do the log for financial or
any other reasons. As Mitzi has noted, the payment for the log works out
to just about the same as the payment for the exam. Teachers may come to
the conclusion that their pupils will get a higher grade if they do the log,
but that doesn't mean that anyone is trying to finagle teachers into opting
for the log rather than the exam.
Let's try to keep our comments and criticisms based on fact rather than
rumor and hearsay.
Maxine Tsvaigrach
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From: Judy Givati <jesg50@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: summer literature exam
I agree with whoever recently said that teachers who choose the exam over
the log are at risk of lowering the students' overall BAgrut final grade.
Whatever happened to the notion that "if most of the grades are low
then the problem is with the exam." I've heard tell (no, not a
rumor!!) that the teachers are being blamed because we're not teaching
accordint to the rubics the markers are using. What the __________ does that
mean? AS far as I remember there weren't any rubics even written (Winter
Exam) until after the "tidruk" which took place following the exam.
Why does the expression " being railroaded" (toward the log) come to mind??
Is this what English has become? ..My students used to love the literature
our staff taught anad the creative atmosphere in which it was taught. Now
it's become a chore based on mostly uninspiring pieces. (And frankly, dear,
I don't think a whole staff became "uninspiring" in the space of a year! )
jesg
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