I also thought the tests were fair. The fifth grade Meitzav was a lot of fun. The kids came out with a good feeling. The eight grade test was also very fair. (I teach fifth AND eighth grade in the same school and had the "pleasure" of having both tests at the same time!) I would also like to raise a technical issue - we had a problem with the number of proctors. According to the instructions, the LD kids that are read to may sit with one reader per 5 pupils. We had 3-4 groups of kids being read to (we're a BIG school!) But Manpower (the company who hired the proctors) only sent one extra proctor for all the LD kids! Renee Binyamini Shaked - Sde Eliyahu > From: rachcb1@xxxxxxxxx > To: etni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [etni] Meitzav > Date: Wed, 14 Apr 2010 16:35:13 +0300 > > I'd like to say thank you to those who wrote this year's Meitzav (external) > - it was fair, with a variety of topics and most students came out happy > (aside from the weakest students who came out exhausted from the effort). > Two requests to anyone out there: > 1. Now that the bagrut is on CD, can the Meitzav listening go on CD, too? > 2. Unlike the bagrut where the remaining papers and CDs remain in the > school, the spare Meitzav papers are whisked away and counted, as well as > the tapes. The supervisors in my school were adamant that they had to count > and take everything. If not on the test day, can Ramah/someone send the > tapes to the schools when all schools have completed the tests so we can use > them for future practice? The online tests from previous years do not > provide the recordings, if I remember correctly. > Rachelle > > ----------------------------------------------- > ** The ETNI Rag ** > http://www.etni.org/etnirag/ > Much more than just a journal > > ** Etni homepage - http://www.etni.org > or - http://www.etni.org.il ** > ** for help - ask@xxxxxxxx ** > ** to post to this list - etni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** > ----------------------------------------------- > _________________________________________________________________ Your E-mail and More On-the-Go. Get Windows Live Hotmail Free. https://signup.live.com/signup.aspx?id=60969 ----------------------------------------------- ** The ETNI Rag ** http://www.etni.org/etnirag/ Much more than just a journal ** Etni homepage - http://www.etni.org or - http://www.etni.org.il ** ** for help - ask@xxxxxxxx ** ** to post to this list - etni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** -----------------------------------------------