[etni] Monday's bagrut

From: "R. Borenstein" <rachcb1@xxxxxxxxx>
To: etni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2015 10:16:00 +0200
Good morning. The silence has been deafening. On ETNI FB, there's more
discussion going on about the bagrut and the dealings with Matach.
Firstly, both Modules D and F were fair. The BTC options on D were great.
As a parent of a 12th grader and a teacher, I enjoyed the writing task of G
which I've seen before, but found that at 5pm, after the day's events, some
of the multiple choice questions were more of an IQ test. People found E
fair.
Module C: This level is meant for 3 and 4 pointers, emphasis on the former.
Over the past year, Module C has become consistently more difficult. Here,
too, our staff sat and said that they had to go back to be sure they had
given the correct answers. This level is supposed to be clear cut - not
manipulation of the information.
Which leads to two more downfalls: This time, the iTest failed. For Module
C, students countrywide who had done the simulation and were processed in
the system were erased. Students using the iTest are those who can't deal
at 5pm with delays and the frustration. My 3 pointer who has done every
matkonet on my laptop using Text to Speech technology suddenly had to go
back to using a disc. It's not the same.
And finally, would someone please have mercy on  new Olim? There has to be
an alternative to the literature if it's becoming part of 3 points. Even
Module B was difficult for our Ethiopian students who didn't recognize some
concepts in Hebrew. They need to learn and get tested on basic English
vocabulary and reading skills without needing to analyze literary pieces.
To quote my 4 pointers' What's App conversation the night before the exam:
"When I travel around the world, no sane person will ask me why Greg's
father was angry with him at the beginning of the story." (although some
one may ask about the road not taken).
Rachelle

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