[etni] [FWD: Re: reliability of bagrut exams]

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Subject: Re: reliability of bagrut exams
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That is not reliability. What your are describing is perhaps content
validity. These are both testology terms. 
Tziona. 


Ruth wrote:
>It certainly does NOT apply in History for example. There is" Home" the 
>kids know exactly what to study for the test and what questions will be 
>asked more or less. They have sample questions in books,on the net. 
>They prepare ... if they prepared well they do well,if they didn't they 
>don't 
>simple as that.This is exactly why I suggested we make a  body of 
>material to be learned e.g literature so that our classes will not become 
>irrelevant as they are now, and kids will not feel our Tziun Magen 
>has no relevance to the exam ,  and will not say there is nothing to 
>prepare for as they do for Unseen and essay. 
  
  
Motti wrote: 
> "It seems clear that the Bagrut exams in English, 
> in their current form, are neither reliable nor 
> valid forms of assessment of the students' 
> achievements in English." 
  
Sharon wrote: 
> I wonder, are the bagrut exams in other subjects 
> reliable,....does this problem exist in all of the 
> subjects?

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