Subject: Marking the Matkonot (pre-Tests) Like many other teachers who prepare the Eleventh and Twelfth Graders for the Bagrut exams, I do NOT mark exams afterwards. When grading their compositions or full answers I base the number of points they earn according to the instructions and training we received while doing the NBA course (I.... The rubrics are available online, via "anglit" and etni. Each year we print out the new ones, also for the "oral test." I use the rubrics to teach composition writing so my students will know that there's a science to the writing and marking, and it's not just a matter of "throwing the tests down the steps and seeing where they land." Batya http://shilohmusings.blogspot.com/ http://samizdatblogfree.blogspot.com/ http://me-ander.blogspot.com/ http://shilohpics.blogspot.com/ --------------------------------- Ahhh...imagining that irresistible "new car" smell? Check outnew cars at Yahoo! Autos.