Sociologists Discovered Which of the Following Was True Among the Urban

question 41

Multiple Choice

Sociologists discovered which of the following was true among the urban elementary schools' response to the Texas Accountability System and Student Success Initiative?

• A) Teachers were more likely to help students on the brink of passing the standardized test.
• B) Teachers were less likely to refer students to special education.
• C) Teachers spent more time with students who were failing the standardized test.
• D) The initiative had very little effect on how teachers interacted with students.

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Definitions:

Poisson Distribution

A discrete frequency distribution which gives the probability of a number of independent events occurring in a fixed time.

Mean

The arithmetic average of a set of numbers, found by dividing the sum of all numbers by the count of numbers.

Discrete Probability Distribution

A statistical function that describes the likelihood of each possible outcome of a discrete random variable occurring.

Mean

The average of a set of values, calculated by summing all the values and dividing by the number of values.