Externally Mandated Testing and Assessment Programs Are Often Appealing to Policy

question 18

Multiple Choice

Externally mandated testing and assessment programs are often appealing to policy makers because they

• A)are popular with teachers.
• B)are written by teachers in the child's given school or school system.
• C)indicate whether a given school or school district is effective.
• D)indicate high or low teacher quality.

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Definitions:

Gross Primary Productivity

The total rate at which an ecosystem's producers, like plants, convert solar energy into chemical energy in the form of biomass.

Photosynthesis

A method by which plants and other organisms transform light energy, often from the sun, into chemical energy that can subsequently be utilized to power the organism's functions.

Third Trophic Level

The level in an ecosystem's food chain occupied by secondary consumers, which eat primary consumers.

Herbivore

An animal that feeds on plants or algae. Also called primary consumer.