One of the Major Goals of No Child Left Behind

question 74

Multiple Choice

One of the major goals of No Child Left Behind was to

• A) limit racial segregation in schools.
• B) narrow the racial achievement gap.
• C) increase funding to minority schools.
• D) rewrite curricula to be more racially diverse.

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Definitions:

Sample Means

The arithmetic average of a set of values or measurements taken from a sample of a larger population.

Z-test

An analytical procedure in statistics that checks for differences between the means of two groups when the variances are established and there is a considerable number of samples.

Standard Error

A measure of the dispersion or variation of the sampling distribution of a statistic.

Level of Significance

The criterion used in statistical testing to decide whether to reject the null hypothesis, represented by a probability value (e.g., 0.05 or 5%).