Wire

Sign in to baba News

One account across the web, iPhone and Android — your subscription follows it.

or use an email code

Search stories

Type at least two characters. Results come from every newsroom baba reads.

↑↓ to move · ↵ to open · esc to close

Sign in to baba News

Sign in to keep asking. News Plus removes the daily limit.

or use an email code

Full coverage· Politics· Updated

Education Ministry Probe Finds "Tnu'fa" Test Scores Reliable, But Presentation Misleading

An Israeli Ministry of Education investigation committee found national "Tnu'fa" test scores to be reliable, but their presentation was misleading. The committee, chaired by Professor Ami Moyal, cleared the National Authority for Measurement and Evaluation (RAE) of unreliability.

2 newsrooms · 1 language · since

Sign in to baba News

Sign in to save this article and find it on your phone.

or use an email code

What happened

  1. 01An Israeli Ministry of Education committee found national "Tnu'fa" test scores reliable but misleadingly presented.
  2. 02The committee cleared the National Authority for Measurement and Evaluation (RAE) of unreliability.
  3. 03Future RAE reports will not require Ministry of Education approval after a dispute.
  4. 04Only 3% of ninth graders met science and technology curriculum requirements.
  5. 05Sixth-grade English test results showed 36% fully met curriculum requirements.

Publication of future RAE reports will no longer need Ministry of Education approval following a dispute over low test results. The "Tnu'fa" tests showed low achievement in science and technology for ninth graders, and varying results in English and math for sixth graders.

Translated and summarized by baba from Kan News, the latest report. Read Kan News’s original

The coverage

2 newsrooms on this story

Who covered it

  • LeftNone
  • Centre1
  • Right1
  • HarediNone
  • ArabNone

How it broke

See which of the 2 newsrooms broke it, and who waited