Which of the following statements about comprehension is NOT true?
A) Reading comprehension is the process of construction meaning by integrating the information provided by an author with a reader's own background knowledge.
B) It consists of three elements: the reader, the text, and the purpose for reading.
C) It involves complex cognitive skills and strategies with which the reader interacts with the text to construct meaning.
D) Reading comprehension is unaffected by low oral language skills.
D
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Regarding the No Child Left Behind Act, which of the following statements is TRUE?
a. NCLB was a reauthorization and revision of the 1965 Elementary and Secondary Education Act, but it goes beyond ESEA in several important ways. b. NCLB was part of the movement in the United States toward competency-based education. c. After the first five years under NCLB legislation, the gap between high- and low-achieving students had widened rather than lessened. d. Under the NCLB law, if schools did not meet state standards for two consecutive years, parents may move their children into another, high-performing school. e. All of these answers.
A professional responsibility that requires a content knowledge base, commitment and knowing how to contact decision-makers is referred to as
a. advocacy. b. collaboration. c. an ethical code. d. experiential base.
The increase in the use of informal measures to assess student progress is beneficial to students from diverse populations because
A) they are part of NCLB, so teachers can use ready-made assessment tests. B) informal measures are easy to develop and are more reliable than formal measures. C) progress monitoring assessments may be less biased than traditional standardized tests. D) such assessments cost more, so schools get more federal money for each bilingual student.
The more important the position, the
A. more likely it is that you may have only one interview, but that will be with the CEO. B. more interviews you can expect to complete. C. more important the interview. D. more likely it is that you will be interviewed by teams of people