[etni] Re: the NBA
- From: "Maxine Bennet" <bmaxine@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <ruti044@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, <etni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 26 Apr 2005 15:48:27 +0200
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Regarding the problems with the exam-- as I remember, there have been many
exams
that have had controversial questions that were discussed and argued about,
and the
issues were dealt with.
Regarding Native Speakers-- there are a lot of reasons that they're
struggling with the test.
I heard July Steiner's explanation at a large meeting of teachers here in
the north and one
of the things she said was that students need to understand what they're
reading in order to answer the questions. I don't
think that the NS students were used to the new types of questions.
I had one NS student who did not do well last year, but after practicing the
new question types, she
succeeded on the test in the winter.
My point is that the new modules are a big change for all of us- I just
don't see that the ministry is working
against us in solving the problems. If there seems to be a lot of
discrepancies, lets talk about them and
work toward fixing them.
Hag Sameah
Maxine
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ruth Sheffer" <ruti044@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <etni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, April 26, 2005 1:10 PM
Subject: [etni] the NBA
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> In reference to Maxine Bennet's posting, Nina and Rivka were not talking
> about alternative assessment but the problems with the unevenness of
> the reading comprehension exam. None of those very valid points was
> addressed in Maxine's letter, and we still have had no satisfactory
> response as to why the Native Speakers are doing so badly or as to why
> veteran teachers suddenly need an answer key in order to know what the
> right answers are. Nobody is saying that everything about the NBA is bad
> ,just that there seem to be a lot of discrepancies , not to mention the
> extra workload that we are saddled with ,if we implement everything as
> we are supposed to.
> Ruth
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