**** ETNI on the web http://www.etni.org.il http://www.etni.org **** Drop in students' English grades Jerusalem Post - August 17, 2004 Israeli students' average grades in English have dropped in the past two years, with test marks of 8th graders in Jewish schools showing a drop of 7 percent and in non-Jewish schools 12%. Among 5th graders, Jewish students showed a 2% drop in the pass rate to 74, but the non-Jewish pupils gained 5% to a 70 pass rate, according the annual Mizav report on school education, published on Tuesday. (To read the whole article, go to - www.etni.org.il/news/dropingrades2.htm or www.etni.org/news/dropingrades2.htm ) ##### To send a message to the ETNI list email: etni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ##### ##### Send queries and questions to: ask@xxxxxxxx #####