[etni] Re: summer literature exam
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From: Mitzi Geffen <mitzi100@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: summer literature exam
1, It's not true that most of the grades were low.
2. It's not true that teachers are being blamed for anything.
3. The results are being carefully examined to help counselors help
teachers prepare their students for the literature exam in the best
way possible.
It is of no consequence to the ministry whether the students do the
exam or the log. The expense to the ministry is fairly equivalent. A
teacher is paid for 2 logs per hour, and the markers have to mark
roughly twice that in an hour- but two markers mark each exam, so it
ends up more or less the same.
It's a shame to spread unverified rumors which only serve to upset
hardworking teachers, especially when the rumors have no basis in
fact.
Mitzi
jesg wrote:
> 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! )
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