What were some of the recommendations that were made in the 1983 report, A Nation at Risk?
What will be an ideal response?
ANSWER: The list of recommendations includes tougher standards for graduation; more courses in science, math, foreign language, and technology; a longer school day and school year; more homework; higher expectations for student achievement; and others as outlined in the chapter.
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Which factor is not one of those found by a major study to increase the likelihood of school violence?
a. the percentage of boys enrolled in the school b. the size of the student enrollment c. the location of the school d. the number of teachers who had taught fewer than three years in the school
When Mary Jane wrote a short story, she described the events vividly but she didn't reveal
the characters' thoughts. In this situation, Mary Jane wrote with a (n): a) first-person viewpoint b) omniscient viewpoint c) limited omniscient viewpoint d) objective viewpoint
Translating educational needs into a budget includes the following pattern: (1) organizing objectives, (2) establishing goals, (3) identifying needs, (4) building a program to meet those goals, and (5) producing a budget to fund those programs
a. True b. False
Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
Bayes’s theorem is often applied to a variety of conditional probability situations, including those related to statistical inference.