The Carl Perkins Act (PL 98-524) Asserted

question 21

Multiple Choice

The Carl Perkins Act (PL 98-524) asserted:

• A) that any test used for employment or promotion must be shown to be suitable and valid for the job in question.
• B) that tests used for hiring and advancement at work must show that they can predict job performance for all groups.
• C) the right of individuals to access their federal records, including test records.
• D) the right of students to be tested, at a school system's expense, if they are suspected of having a disability that interferes with learning.
• E) that individuals with disabilities, or who are disadvantaged, have access to vocational assessment, counseling, and placement.

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Definitions:

Efficient Input Use

Utilization of inputs in a manner that maximizes the output or minimizes the cost under given technology and constraints.

MRTS

The Marginal Rate of Technical Substitution measures the rate at which one input can be substituted for another input in the production process, while keeping output constant.

Pareto Optimality

A distribution of resources where no one can be made better off without causing detriment to at least one other person.

Utilities Possibilities Frontier

A graphical representation that shows the maximum number of goods or services that two countries can produce using their resources efficiently.