**** ETNI on the web http://www.etni.org.il http://www.etni.org **** I must be missing your point here. It seems to me that if the Bagrut is worth 20% and the teacher's grade is worth 80% then students will be MORE motivated to study and do well in school because their schoolwork is going to count a whole lot more than the exam(s) that they take at the end of the year. Bari > > Mr. Dovrat wants the Bagrut to be worth 20% of the grade. We > spend most of our time preparing our students in grades 9 - 12 > for projects, bagrut modules. English speakers clamour in grade > 10 that they should be allowed to write the bagrut in grade 11. > The NBA is designed to raise the grades of English in this > country. We are being told to ignore the benchmarks in favour of > bagrut assessment. > > Did Dovrat even speak to Judy Steiner about his ideas for English > bagrut? Is there any communication up there in the halls of the > ministry? Do those lunatics realise that the Dovrat proposals > will destroy the motivation of students to learn English in this country? > --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.830 / Virus Database: 565 - Release Date: 1/6/05 ##### To send a message to the ETNI list email: etni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ##### ##### Send queries and questions to: ask@xxxxxxxx #####