From: Kathie & Assaf Levin <beachbum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: NBA/30% component I also identify with the feelings expressed by the staff at Ben Gurion High School. I even carry around the Chief Inspector's letter to principals last fall regarding the 30% allocation of the year mark as a ready reference because so many arguments arise with administrators, homeroom teachers, parents and pupils. However, when regarding the suggestion that a literature component be added to the Bagrut as a way of alleviating the discrepancy between what is tested in the Bagrut and what is assessed by the teacher, we have to remember that there were problems with this in the past - both when the reading program was tested in oral Bagrut and before that when literature was tested in the written Bagrut. I know there was once a proposal to include a narrative as one of the written texts in the Bagrut, together with question-tasks similar to what might be assigned in English lessons focused on literature. This could be a possible compromise. In the meantime, school principals will hopefully receive a reminder this year that the "30%" designated to the reading program and projects is still official policy. Kathie Levin