A current problem with standardized achievement testing used for accountability is that:
a) the public has limited interest in standardized test scores.
b) the tests have low reliability.
c) there are no real consequences for teachers with poor test scores.
d) districts may adopt policies which artificially inflate scores.
b The pressure related to high stakes tests may result in districts adopting policies such as excluding certain groups of student scores to artificially inflate scores.
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a. Students who display serious and persistent age-inappropriate behaviors that result in social conflict and personal unhappiness b. Students who are impulsive, have difficulties maintaining attention, and have an inordinate need for supervision c. Students who have significant limitations both in intellectual functioning and in adaptive behavior d. Students who have difficulty with reading, writing, reasoning, listening, or math
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a. ethnorelative response b. ethnographic response c. culturalist response d. ethnocentric response
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a. formative. b. summative. c. authentic. d. traditional.