In assessing the effectiveness of the Head Start program, researchers have discovered that
a. it has been shown to be uniformly effective on virtually every variable that has been measured.
b. short-term progress among children is great, but most studies reveal few gains in the long term.
c. the results of studies depend on how effectiveness is measured.
d. there is no way to measure effectiveness in such programs.
C
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a. competition b. compromise c. constitutional constraints d. contradictory promises e. contradictory platforms
In the case of both parliamentary and presidential systems, examine the reason democracies will not vanish, even though the executive seems to be receiving more and more power
A) Checks and balances keep the chief executive from gaining too much power. B) Chief executives will eventually have to face reelection, which depends greatly on the approval of voting citizens. C) Both systems have methods by which to oust chief executives. D) Subordinates carry out some of the workload of the chief executive.
Which of these is a true statement regarding religion?
A. Economic issues are rarely of concern to those who are religious. B. Jews are generally strongly Republican. C. Protestants are less conservative than Catholics. D. Seculars tend to be more supportive of abortion rights than are fundamentalists.
Social conservatives argue in favor of state intervention to uphold a traditional social order based on ______.
A. direct democracy and complete social equality B. radical individualism and patriarchy C. full economic equality and patriotism D. certain religious values and a strong hierarchy