[etni] Re: no more literature exams?
- From: Ilana Rosansky <ilanar49@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: janjon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "etni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <etni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 7 May 2014 15:24:44 +0300
So.... validity and reliability are key issues. But who says the present
stress of HOTS and LOTS has anything to do with learning English in order
to use it for reading and for communication?
I would love to see a proper English proficiency exam here in this country
that would represent real language skills! I'd love to see one with actual
validity and reliability pre-tested...
The present state of affairs is a far cry from my dreams!
Ilana
On Wed, May 7, 2014 at 11:35 AM, Janette Segal <janjon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:
> From what Renee Wahl wrote, there soon won't be a literature exam. I guess
> soon there might be no exams and most of the tests will be internal exams.
> How interesting that this idea of doing internal exams was abandoned in
> England because there was not sufficient reliability and the universities
> found them inadequate. What a funny system we might have - the teachers
> might be working harder than the students and the work done internally
> might demand less of the student than an external exam. I guess no one is
> that interested in seeing what ideas fail in other countries. We can always
> argue that here things are different. In England today the "Bagrut"
> external exams are so reliable and indicative of a student's ability that
> there is no need for a psychometric test. If you have read this far âthat's
> great. In general English teachers have too little time to read a long mail
> âmany are marking the LOG! Good luck to everyone for the success of their
> pupils in the upcoming Bag
> rut exams â¦Janette Segal
>
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