A teacher tells a colleague, "My English learners just don't have enough background in English to face the demands of school today." Which of the following best represents the teacher's statement?
A) Professional Learning Community
B) sharing grade-level expectations
C) English language development
D) deficit thinking
D
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Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Which of the following theorists proposed a triarchic theory?
A.) Gardner B.) Spearman C.) Cattell D.) Sternberg
Molly has decided to use only true-false items on her social studies mid term examination. Students' ability to guess on true-false items is likely to:
a. increase reliability but decrease validity. b. increase both reliability and validity. c. decrease both reliability and validity. d. increase validity but decrease reliability.
A first grade teacher notices that when students complete a timed oral reading assessment, some of them become very nervous and their performance on the test does not match their performance during daily reading activities. What is the best way the teacher can help the students with this type of test-related anxiety:
a. Offer students timers to practice timed reading during free reading time. b. Don't do change instruction or learning opportunities. c. Contact their parents and ask them to practice timed readings at home. d. Make an appointment with the principal to discuss changing the test.