[etni] To all bagrut and meitzav markers for future reference

Hi all,

If you were ever in any doubt as to how to mark accuracy and communicative 
skills in a composition, you can look to the UK for inspiration.

Laura
LONDON (Reuters) - A student who scribbled an expletive on an English language 
exam paper was awarded 7.5 percent for accurate spelling and effective 
communication, The Times newspaper reported on Monday.

The pupil, who wrote "f--- off" after being asked in an English exam to 
"describe the room you are sitting in", got 2 marks out of 27 and would have 
got more if he had added some punctuation, chief examiner Peter Buckroyd told 
The Times.
"It does show some very basic skills we are looking for -- like conveying some 
meaning and some spelling," said Buckroyd, who works for the Assessment and 
Qualifications Alliance examinations board. "It shows some nominal skills but 
no relevance to the task".

"If it had had an exclamation mark it would have got a little bit more because 
it would have been showing a little bit of skill".

According to The Times, to gain minimum marks in English GSCE papers -- an exam 
taken by hundreds of thousands of 16-year-olds across England every year -- 
pupils must demonstrate "some simple sequencing of ideas" and an ability to put 
"some words in appropriate order".

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/rtrs/20080630/tuk-uk-britain-exam-fa6b408.html

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