[etni] Re: forms and more forms

  • From: Bari Nirenberg <bnirenberg@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: renew@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Mon, 2 Jan 2012 19:37:31 +0200

For the record, not that it makes a big difference, you only need two
tests, not three.  According to Avi Tsur, the second and third tests
(hakra'a and oral exam) should be the same text.  This is what he told us
at the meeting we had with him in Beer Sheva.
Bari

On Mon, Jan 2, 2012 at 19:03, renee wahl <renew@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Further to those forms, I don't know how Ester and Adi managed to fill them
> out in just one or two hours.
> I'd say the work is more like 5+ hours depending on the level of exam your
> pupil is applying for.  For the level I was asked to do,  you need to find
> 3
> different tests at the appropriate level.  Then you need to administer one
> test the regular way and correct it.  Next you need to administer the
> second
> test by recording it, administer it and check it.  Then you read the third
> test to the pupil and check it.  After that you need to find 2 writing
> tasks.  The first one is done by the pupil in the usual way and you check
> it.  For the second , the pupil writes his answers and reads them to you
> and
> you write them down, then grade it.  After all that, you need to fill in
> six
> pages of forms (in HEBREW), analyze the results to show what effect the
> different methods of  administration have and how they affect the pupil's
> grade.
>
>
>
> At the time I first saw the instructions for this task, I immediately
> contacted the Irgun.  That was 2-3 month ago.  Not only had they never
> heard
> of this new demand, but I never received any guidance from them after the
> initial contact and they did not respond to any of my follow up
> calls/emails, etc.  So don't fool yourselves - THE IRGUN ISN'T GOING TO DO
> ANYTHING ABOUT THIS    unless we flood them with protests, and even then
> I'm
> not sure they'll do anything.  Any payment they MIGHT negotiate for the
> work
> involved will not be adequate to the task.
>
>
>
> Whether you are in Ofek, Oz, or not, the only way to deal with this is to
> simply refuse to do it.  The Ministry needs to realize that teachers need
> time to prepare their lessons and to teach.  If they want diagnostic work
> done, there are special ed teachers, counselors and psychologists whose job
> this is.
>
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