[etni] Fw: re: Reliability and validity of the Bagrut exams


----- Original Message ----- From: "Soul Train" <isaak1@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <ask@xxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, May 24, 2006 1:16 PM
Subject: Re: Reliability and validity of the Bagrut exams


I fully agree. What I would like to add is that the reliability
of the scores  of students getting Beal Pe (tested orally)
also has to be re-considered. It looks strange that most
of them get higher grades in their Bagrut, whereas
sometimes (and I have seen too many cases ) they
don't even know the simplest words in English. The
result is that they can get much higher grades in the
Bagrut (C,D,E mainly, I think) than those "sweating
blood" to achieve good grades without getting any
dispensations (and with having more knowledge
of the language).

Chaviva


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.
It's about time the Szold Institute which is responsible for this faulty product did something about this. I don't know of any research which found the correlation between Bagrut results and other criteria of the students' achievement.
As an experienced teacher I don't think the Bagrut results really reflect the students' knowledge and the experiences of this week's exams only accentuated this feeling. 

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