Which of These Is a Negative Consequence of the High-Stakes

question 75

Multiple Choice

Which of these is a negative consequence of the high-stakes testing discussed in the text?

• A) In some schools, teachers can now only afford to teach those aspects of a subject that are on the test.
• B) Teachers must now devote time to teaching standardized test-taking skills.
• C) The testing process costs considerable time, energy, and money that might have been spent on actual teaching and learning.
• D) All of these are unintended negative consequences of testing discussed in the text.

Understand the relationship between physiological needs and homeostasis in maintaining body balance.

Understand the relationship between the t distribution and the standard normal distribution as degrees of freedom increase.

Calculate degrees of freedom and understand their role in statistical analysis.

Understand how sample size affects the width of interval estimates.

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