Which of the Following Statements Is True About High-Stakes Testing

question 11

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements is true about high-stakes testing?

• A)High-stakes testing upgrades the quality of education.
• B)Many U.S.public schools are replacing high-stakes testing with dynamic assessment.
• C)Some teachers are narrowing the scope of what they teach to strings of facts to be memorized for high-stakes tests.
• D)High-stakes test scores are a better measure of a child's true abilities than teacher-assigned grades.

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