Research on School Achievement Suggests That

question 57

Multiple Choice

Research on school achievement suggests that

• A) high-stakes testing improves educational quality in most public schools.
• B) most achievement tests were designed to measure the specific skills covered in the classroom.
• C) many students who get passing grades fail high-stakes exams because a time-limited test taps only certain skills.
• D) achievement test scores are a better measure of a child's true abilities than teacher-assigned grades.

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Definitions:

MRP

MRP stands for Marginal Revenue Product, which is the additional revenue generated from employing one more unit of a factor of production, such as labor or capital.

Nonunionized

Workplaces or employees that are not part of a labor union and do not engage in collective bargaining.

Efficiency Wages

Wages that are deliberately set above the market equilibrium level by employers to increase productivity and efficiency among employees.

Below-equilibrium

A situation where the quantity demanded exceeds the quantity supplied at a given price.