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. informal assessment b. a way to organize students by their reading level c. to refine students' writing d. for small groups of students to practice literacy skills
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A. Multiple choice test B. True/false test C. Matching test D. Short answer test
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