What Is a Major Objection That Is Usually Raised Against

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Multiple Choice

What is a major objection that is usually raised against a voucher system?

• A) Students attending private schools tend to outperform their public school counterparts on standardized tests.
• B) Voucher programs would primarily benefit low-income families.
• C) Voucher programs will create a more heterogeneous student population.
• D) Voucher programs would drain funds away from the public schools, and thereby cause their quality to decrease.

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Distribution

The spread of values within a dataset, representing how often each value occurs.

T Scores

Standardized scores with a mean of 50 and a standard deviation of 10, used to compare an individual's result to a norm group.

Standard Scores

Scores that are expressed as the number of standard deviations above or below the mean of the distribution.

Central Tendency

A quantitative indicator that selects a unique value to symbolize the full range of data, typically using the mean, median, or mode.