Schools Are Rewarded for How Well Their Students Perform on Standardized

question 123

Multiple Choice

Schools are rewarded for how well their students perform on standardized test scores but allowed to exclude test scores for learning disabled students when submitting results to the state. What undesirable incentive does this policy provide?

• A) work with low-performing students to increase their test scores
• B) channel low-performing students into learning disability programs
• C) increase vigilance in testing for learning disabilities
• D) hire more special needs educators for the public school system

Identify the nature of costs (fixed, variable, mixed, and step-variable) and their behaviors within relevant range.

Calculate expected costs based on given activity levels and cost behavior characteristics.

Understand the importance of separating mixed costs into their fixed and variable components for accurate budgeting.

Determine the impact of changes in activity level on total and per unit fixed costs.

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Definitions:

Collecting Ducts

Tubules in the kidneys that receive urine from the nephrons and transport it into the renal pelvis and ureter.

Reabsorbed

The process by which substances are taken back into the blood from the filtrate produced in the kidneys.

Concentration Gradient

A variation in the concentration of a substance across a distance; a key factor in diffusion processes.

Loop Of Henle

A section of the nephron in the kidney that concentrates urine and reabsorbs water and ions.