In an Attempt to Use Market Incentives to Improve School

question 22

Multiple Choice

In an attempt to use market incentives to improve school quality, the Obama administration created the ______ program, a competition for significant funding that required states to collect better data, innovate, and enhance teaching.

• A) All Children Lifted Up
• B) Race to the Top
• C) Merit Pay
• D) School Choice Voucher Demonstration

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Definitions:

Mean-Variance Efficient

A portfolio that offers the highest expected return for a defined level of risk or the lowest risk for a given level of expected return, according to modern portfolio theory.

Sensitivity Coefficients

Numeric values representing the sensitivity of a dependent variable, or a portfolio's performance, to changes in an independent variable or specific market factor.

Single-Index Structure

A model used in finance to represent the returns of assets as a linear function of a single market index, reflecting the market-wide sources of risk and return.

Forecast

A prediction or estimate of future events, especially concerning weather, economic trends, or financial performances.