[etni] Re: module G and Module E
- From: Ruthi <rsheffer@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: lindakm09@xxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 7 Jul 2011 09:36:58 +0300
Linda is right. Are we abandoning our students? Or is there something
constructive to be done beyond sharing our frustration on Etni?
On 7 July 2011 09:15, LindaKM <lindakm09@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> The matriculation exams have never been valid or reliable! How many times
> have we seen students getting 20+ points lower than their usual grades in
> the summer and then, around 6 weeks later, in Moed Bet, getting very high
> grades??? Perhaps, as I wrote to Sara, these students had studied day and
> night and improved significantly??? (ha ha ha).... What does that say about
> the exams? Another pet peeve, of which I have written on ETNI, is the
> ridiculous "magen" grade, but I won't get into that now.....
> The big question is, what is going to be done about it?
> Linda Kuras Mizrahi
> On Thu, Jul 7, 2011 at 7:58 AM, Ilana Rosansky <ilanar49@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > Sounds like there is a serious validity AND reliability issue with this
> > module. It should be carefully examined before kids' fates are determined
> > by
> > an unreliable exam.
> > Dr. Ilana Rosansky
> >
> > On Wed, Jul 6, 2011 at 8:55 PM, sara g <saragabai@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > > OK - G should be challenging. so the grades should be lower than F.
> > > but if we give school grades based on G level tests - there shouldn't
> > > be that big a gap between the school and test grade.
> > > the problem is - that there is no such thing as a "G level test"
> > > because there is such a difference between the different moadim.
> > >
> > > sara g
> > >
> > > On Wed, Jul 6, 2011 at 6:51 PM, Jacquie Mohar <caddy_1998@xxxxxxxxx>
> > > wrote:
> > > > HiHaving just checked many module G bagruts I was not surprised by
> our
> > > school's VERY low grades. Each class averaged 20% difference between
> > their
> > > magen and their test grade.
> > > > While I feel that the G test should be 'challenging' - let's be
> honest,
> > > the top students in the country do that test - I noticed the module E
> > grades
> > > were also very low. That is a shame for the 4 pointers who had a really
> > > tricky test this summer.
> > > > Hopefully they will all see their grades in time to get to moed bet
> on
> > > Monday.
> > > > Jacquie
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