An unintended consequence of tying school funding to "high-stakes testing" has been:
a. an increase in school funds
b. higher achievement on standardized exams
c. higher student dropout rates
d. a surplus of funds because few schools meet the necessary benchmarks
C
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The idea of the calling was derived from
a. Calvinism. b.aestheticism. c. Franklinism. d. rationalisim.
All human societies produce some form of inequality
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Which of the following statements best describes the relationship between CLASS and DEMTODAY, as represented in Figure 5.2?
A researcher is interested to know whether people of different class backgrounds tend to hold different ideas about democracy. He creates Figure 5.2, where CLASS is a variable that indicates respondents’ sense of themselves as lower-class, working-class, middle-class, or upper-class. DEMTODAY is a variable corresponding to the question “On the whole, on a scale of 0 to 10 where 0 is very poorly and 10 is very well. How well does democracy work in America today?” The researcher re-coded DEMTODAY with the command “DEMTODAY (R: 0-2; 3-5; 6-7; 8-10).”
a. In general, there is a negative relationship between CLASS and DEMTODAY.
b. In general, as respondents’ class increases, they are more likely to believe that democracy in America is working very well.
c. Regardless of respondents’ class, most respondents believe that democracy in America is not working at all.
d. In general, as respondents’ class increases, the likelihood of their believing that democracy in America is not working well at all also increases.
Which of the following concerns has been expressed by contemporary writers with respect to modern parents and their children?
A. Research on Don Kindlon's TLC (time/limits/caring) approach to childrearing found that this approach was largely ineffective with modern families. B. A Time/CNN poll indicated that a large majority of parents surveyed felt that children are more spoiled today than 10 to 15 years earlier and do fewer chores. C. Family scholar and contemporary writer Bill Doherty writes that it is a myth that today's children are overindulged by their parents. D. All of these answers are correct.