A public school superintendent appointed a community advisory panel to provide input on important public school issues. The superintendent chose individuals from the community on the basis of their leadership in relevant community organizations. An advocacy group for minority interests in the community claimed that there is a numerical racial imbalance on the advisory panel. They presented
evidence that the group appointed by the superintendent was racially inconsistent with the percentage of each racial subgroup in the community. They filed a suit alleging denial of equal protection and requesting proportional racial representation on the advisory panel. Who is most likely to prevail?
please answer Plaintiff (P) or Defendant (D) according to which of these parties is most likely to prevail (the school is the Defendant (D) in each case):
D
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Which one of the following is consistent with the textbook's recommendations regarding the best approach to setting limits for classroom behavior?
a. Allow students to establish all of the rules for daily classroom routines and procedures. b. Make a complete list of expectations for students' behavior; distribute and explain it on the first day of class. c. Begin with a few basic rules and procedures; as the year goes on, involve students in decision making about additional issues that arise. d. In fifth grade and above, have a regular academic lesson on the first day; most students at this level already know what behaviors are acceptable in the classroom.
Which of the following is the best example of a standardized test?
a. A classroom-based teacher developed test b. An attitude measure developed by a researcher c. The national achievement test d. The outcome measures of amount learned in an experimental study
The style of caregiving that values and encourages hierarchy, obedience, and respect in the child is called:
the proximal style the distal style the independent style the social style
As in the charter school study, __________ makes research design much easier.
a. specificity b. ethics c. numerical data d. aggregate data