The Commitment to High Standards in the Educational Reform Movement

question 11

Multiple Choice

The commitment to high standards in the educational reform movement (such as those promoted by NCLB and CCSS)

• A) will help students with intellectual and developmental disabilities perform better in school by providing greater supports and sevices.
• B) is problematic for students with intellectual and developmental disabilities because they have difficulty with high-level conceptual material.
• C) has caused regional districts to refuse to test students with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
• D) does not apply to students with intellectual and developmental disabilities because the legislation and standards acknowledges student differences.

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Definitions:

Straight-Line Method

A depreciation method that allocates an equal amount of the depreciable cost of an asset to each year of the asset's useful life.

Book Value

The value of an asset according to its balance sheet account balance, taking into account the cost of the asset minus depreciation.

Depreciation

is an accounting method that allocates the cost of a tangible asset over its useful life, reflecting the asset's consumption, wear and tear, or obsolescence.

Double-Declining-Balance Rate

A method of accelerated depreciation that doubles the rate at which an asset's value is reduced, resulting in higher depreciation expenses in the initial years of the asset's life.