**** ETNI on the web http://www.etni.org.il http://www.etni.org **** -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Re: new bagrut- Grade 11 results] From: "Hagar&Craig Sheehan" <sheehan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Dear Janet I, too, share your feelings of frustration, after receiving numerous phone calls from very upset pupils and parents. Pupils who normally got 90%-98% in our module E sample tests (including the mock exam which was officially published in the NBA), got 60%-80%. Only few have passed the 85% mark. sincerely frustrated as well. Hagar > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: new bagrut- Grade 11 results > From: "Janet" <janjon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > Dear devoted English teachers of Grade 11, > I'm wondering whether I should become a gardener and nurture flowers > instead? > Please could grade 11 teachers save my teaching soul and share their > students' results on the E.F.G modules in the new bagrut- here on > etni. > For the last 12 years my students { a mix of English speakers and very > able Israelis}have scored an average of 93-95% on the 5 point Bagrut - > This year - like everyone else - my students and I have worked harder > than ever to meet the required standards - AND!!?? > DISASTER! > These students who on ALL of the SAMPLE tests we received recently, got > over 90% and in ALL the practice papers - NEVER got less than 88% on > the F/G modules- received some grades in the E/F/G modules in the > 60's and 70's! These were the intelligentand until now successful > English speakers! {there were also some good results - but this was > LESS common} > So - what will happen next year to the Israeli students in grade 12? > I have received feedback that other schools in the area received > similar poor grades in grade 11. It would be very ironic if results > prove that11th grade English Speakers scored over 10% LESS than in > previous years. > sincerely frustrated - Janette Segal- Ranana ##### To send a message to the ETNI list email: etni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ##### ##### Send queries and questions to: ask@xxxxxxxx #####