[etni] Re: Meitzav Exam - Grade 8

I am not expressing any opinion here about the Meitzav exam, however -
About 70% of our eighth graders usually finish the entire Meitzav in
about an hour and ten minutes time.  In other words, they have 20
minutes to spare.  Our scores are approx the same as the national
average so our school is obviously averave.  The other 30% find the
exam rather difficult and usually don't attempt the advanced reading
comp or the longer writing task.
Michele

On 1/18/08, Lucille Eilon <eilon_lucille@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>
> Dear Colleagues,
>
> Now that the Winter Bagrut is over, I have started to look at the Meitzav 
> Exam for
> Grade 8 that will be held this May.
>
> From what I understand of the specifications, the contents of this exam are :
>
> 2  Listening texts
> 3  Reading comprehension texts
> 2  Writing tasks - one of 60-70 words and the other 100-130 words.
>
> Students are expected to do these tasks in 90 minutes, without using a 
> dictionary.
>
> These SEVEN tasks, regardless of the level and length of the listening and 
> reading texts, are more than 4-Point students do in the Bagrut - Module D.
>
> Am I the only one who thinks this is a ridiculous demand of our JHS students?
>
> Lucille Eilon
>
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