Magnet schools attract students through the use of
a. full-range athletic programs.
b. promotions by the Parent Teacher Association.
c. restructured boundaries for the school attendance center.
d. special instructional programs.
ANSWER: d
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According to proponents of the environmental disadvantage theory,
a. the most rapid development of cognitive skills occurs during the preschool years. b. the quality of a child's home life is more important in later years of schooling. c. remediation of learning deficits associated with a disadvantaged home environment is impossible. d. good prenatal care does nothing to enhance the intellectual development of a child born into a disadvantaged environment.
Ralph has just taken two achievement tests. He scored at the 90th percentile on the Ohio Reading Test (ORT). He scored at the 50th percentile on the California Mathematics Inventory (CMI). Can we conclude that Ralph has higher achievement in reading than in mathematics?
a. Yes, because a percentile score of 90 is well above average, whereas a percentile score of 50 is only average. b. Yes, provided that both tests have been shown to have content validity for the curriculum at Ralph's school. c. No, because the two percentile scores are both essentially "average" scores. d. No, because the norm groups for the two tests are probably different.
Creating a learning target where students use information to solve problems through such processes as comparing and contrasting, classifying, constructing support, analyzing, judging, and deciding on action is an example of _____.
a. knowledge b. skill c. product d. reasoning
Certain assumptions are made when doing a z-test for a single mean. Which of the following is NOT one of them?
a. participants are randomly selected b. the sampling distribution is normal c. m has a specified value d. the standard deviation of the population is known e. Actually, all of the above are assumptions made when doing z -test for a single mean.