The Ministry of Education carries out continuous achievement tests and , from time to time , it also commissions outside evaluations . Professors Minkovitch , Davis and Bashi of the Hebrew University carried out achievement tests at the elementary schools in Israel in 1973 / 74 . Their report was published in 1977 . Its main findings included these : about 20 per cent of all pupil groups failed to reach even the basic minimum levels in all subjects ; in mathematics , the sciences , geography and Bible ( as regards Bi ble the findings were more favourable in the state religious schools ) on an average , 50 to 60 per cent failed to reach the "pass" level ; of these , 70 per cent were ofAfro Asian origin ; the educational gap between the European or American pupils and the Afro-Asian pupils was still disquietingly large . The situation has improved somewhat since 1973 / 74 , but the achievements , or the lack of them , still justify concern . The fol lowing examples illustrate defic...
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