Explain why standards and accountability are so much a part of teaching in today's schools in our nation

What will be an ideal response?


Politicians and business and educational leaders have been alarmed by our nation's students' poor academic performance compared to the performance of students in other countries, and particularly in other first-world countries. In an effort to improve the performance of our nation's students, standards have been created and students and teachers are being held accountable for students meeting the standards.

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a. the idea that professionals know more than families and families should defer to professionals. b. honesty, trust, and respect. c. the idea that most families are not capable of handling exceptional children. d. the assumption that all families will do everything possible to support their child.

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A. Multiple choice test B. True/false test C. Matching test D. Short answer test

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ABA is performance based because:

A.Behavior analysts assume that there is no such thing as private events B.Behavior analysts have an ethical obligation not to pry into people's private thoughts and feelings C.Overt behavior is more honest D.Convert behavior is difficult to study scientifically

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