[etni] Re: gap between the tsiun shnati and the bagrut exam

  • From: Bari Nirenberg <bnirenberg@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: sarag@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Wed, 6 Apr 2005 19:13:53 +0200

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Yes, not to mention that fact that they lose a lot of points even in
the unseens for grammar mistakes and two points for each question with
spelling mistakes -- that can really add up.

Bari

On Apr 6, 2005 6:09 PM, sara g <sarag@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> I just want to comment on one point here - F and G both have 40% writing. So
> the only thing the pupils could have checked is the unseen. They have no way
> of knowing how good their writing was. (And I have often found wrong answers
> in the newspapers and the internet sites.)
>   sara g
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> Subject: [etni] gap between the tsiun shnati and the bagrut exam
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> I wonder if you could please help me understand the following:
> 
> I teach the 5 pts students. My students did well on modules F and G both in
> the mivhan shnati and on the bagrut. For some unknown reason their grades
> where very poor when the bagrut results were published.  They insist that
> they did very well on the bagrut; I also believe so. They checked up their
> answers on the net and newspapers. Most of them got a grade higher than 90
> in their magen. My question here: do the markers intend to give lower grades
> purposefully or do they try to prove that they are good markers by giving
> low marks.
> As a result the magen was canceled and the students got lower averages that
> we all expected; averages that by all means do not show their real high
> level in English.
> Did any other teachers encounter this problem? why is there a tendency to
> give low grades by markers?
> My final question: If a student takes modules c,d and e (4 pts) and then
> takes modules f and g, how will his grade be calculated.
> 
> I really thank you deeply for taking the time to help me in my confusion
> here and i am looking forward to your answers.
> 
> respectfully,
> the confused teacher.
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