Elementary schools that are exceeding expectations based on the socioeconomic status of their pupils tend to do all of the following EXCEPT:

-offer high-level conceptual work.
-have teachers who expect children to succeed.
-do not "dumb down" the curriculum.


provide worksheet drills to help students pass state standardized tests.

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Which of the following is not listed by the text as a converging factor in the foreign policy process that influences policy outcomes?

a. Systemic b. Societal c. Psychological d. Governmental

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According to the World Bank, how has the international community affected the changing patterns of violence and development that it identifies?

a. African states working together have increased the incidence of coups. b. International support has helped post-conflict states improve health and education. c. International cooperation and enforcement have reduced the ability of criminal networks to profit from the drug trade. d. States' limited cooperation against international drug traffickers has minimized drug-related violence in poor countries. e. Violence driven by ideological motives is on the decline..

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On a questionnaire that contained a question asking you to list risky activities in which you have engaged, such a question would

a. require temporarily accessible information. b. call for an open-ended response. c. have a high likelihood of resulting in nondifferentiation. d. be likely to result in optimizing in the answer.

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Scholars refer to a period when a major, lasting shift occurs in the popular coalition supporting one or both parties as

A) ?a critical or realignment period. B) ?a transitional phase. C) ?an era of discontent. D) ?an era of good feelings. E) ?a period of nonpartisanship.

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