A World Bank study has reported that the family socioeconomic background of students is
a. a predictor of achievement only in industrialized nations.
b. generally not a good predictor of achievement worldwide.
c. a predictor of achievement in both industrialized and developing nations.
d. a reliable predictor of achievement only in the United States.
ANSWER: c
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State court decisions affecting financial support of public education have sent the message that
a. if budgets reflect blatant discrepancies from one district to another within a state, the federal government may intervene. b. discrepancies in quality of education are not related to funding. c. the level of financial support for public education clearly does make a difference in the quality of education. d. a national system of providing for the financial support of public education is necessary to alleviate discrepancies in funding.
What is the most important drawback in using norm-referenced grading?
(a) Reference groups vary, making interpretation difficult. (b) It does not indicate what learning targets a student has learned. (c) Students who improve their performance do not receive grades to match the improvement.
Generalizations about a student's performance can only be made if a variety of information has been collected. Which of the assessment Standards does this notion reflect?
a. The Equity Standard. b. The Inferences Standard. c. The Learning Standard. d. The Coherence Standard. e. The Mathematics Standard.
When data markers are close to the diagonal line in the Normal P-P Plot, which of the following is true?
a. Error terms are not normality distributed. b. Error terms follow the Poisson distribution. c. The residuals (error terms) are normally distributed. d. The observed and expected cumulative probabilities are not linear.