**** ETNI on the web http://www.etni.org.il http://www.etni.org **** Dear Jane, 1. The answer to your first question is one that relates to general policy of the Ministry of Education . The Director-General and the Head of the Testing Dept. have been working on a special Bulletin that deals with Bagrut examinations (for all subjects) that should be coming out in the near future. You will be able to find an answer to your question in that Bulletin. 2. Regarding your second comment, the tzvira model has been implemented as demanded by the Director-General of the Ministry of Education. I, as Chief Inspector of English Language Education in the Ministry am responsible for the implementation. Neither of us "have earned a pretty packet from cooking up this new stuff" and neither of us are "laughing all the way to the bank!" I find your comment to be extremely distasteful. Judy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jane Berman" <djberman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <etni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, January 01, 1999 5:36 AM Subject: [etni] New bagrut question > **** ETNI on the web http://www.etni.org.il http://www.etni.org **** > > Dear ETNIers. > One of my twelfth graders wants to know the following information. > She's going to the take the 4-pt. Bagrut in June (old format), but wants to > eventually do a 5-point exam for university purposes after graduation. She > wants to know whether she will have to do a 5-point exam according to the > old format, or she can do the F module (or whatever) according to the new > format. > A personal comment of my own. I' m staggered and infuriated by the > number of questions regarding the new Bagrut format, assessment, > curriculum, etc. In my opinion, it shows that if so many intelligent and > dedicated teachers like us don't understand so much, something is rotten in > the state of...well, not Denmark, anyway. Whoever has earned a pretty > packet from cooking up this new stuff must be laughing all the way to the > bank! Jane > > > ##### To send a message to the ETNI list email: etni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ##### > ##### Send queries and questions to: ask@xxxxxxxx ##### ##### To send a message to the ETNI list email: etni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ##### ##### Send queries and questions to: ask@xxxxxxxx #####