Its Strong Emphasis on Testing Led Critics of the No

question 46

Multiple Choice

Its strong emphasis on testing led critics of the No Child Left Behind Act to argue that

• A)urban school districts would end up with more money.
• B)teachers would fail to teach what students need to know to pass the test.
• C)the federal government would fail to provide sufficient funds to help schools meet the law's standards.
• D)students would become more adept at testing.
• E)educational standards would be too high for testing to be effective.

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Definitions:

Sample

Group of participants chosen to represent the entire population under study.

Population

The total number of persons inhabiting a particular country, area, or place.

Generalize

The process of forming general concepts by abstracting common properties of instances.

Experimental Group

In an experiment, the group receiving the treatment under study.