Research Suggests That Tracking Has All but Which One of the Following

question 14

Multiple Choice

Research suggests that tracking has all but which one of the following effects?

• A)Low-track students are less likely to develop positive self images.
• B)Poor and minority students are more likely to be placed in lower tracks.
• C)Low-track students are given higher quality instruction in order to encourage movement into a higher track.
• D)Placement in a college preparatory track had positive effects on academic achievement regardless of family background or ability.

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Definitions:

Standard Deviation

A statistic that measures the dispersion or variation of a set of values from its mean, indicating how spread out the values are.

Beta

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Morningstar's RAR

Refers to Morningstar's Risk-Adjusted Return, a calculation used to evaluate the performance of an investment by adjusting for its risk.

Performance Measures

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