Students in a Common Core Classroom Are Instructed to Read

question 53

Multiple Choice

Students in a Common Core classroom are instructed to read and interpret a paragraph from Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet.The student is provided no background or context regarding the assigned passage.According to critics of the Common Core State Standards,such an exercise exemplifies how the Common Core State Standards are using

• A) iconic works of literature to further a political agenda.
• B) untested educational methods and practices.
• C) educational practices that many experts have deemed ineffective.
• D) All of these

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Face Validity

The degree to which a measurement device appears to accurately measure a variable.

Criterion Validity

The extent to which a measure is correlated with, or predictive of, an outcome of interest, often assessed through correlations with other known indicators.

Divergent Validity

A measure of validity that ensures an assessment does not strongly correlate with tests from unrelated constructs, thus proving its specificity.

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