All of the following are characteristics of urban high schools that produce better outcomes in terms of grades, test scores, and graduation rates among adolescents from a variety of socioeconomic and ethnic/racial backgrounds except ______________.
a. teachers who know their students personally
b. smaller school size
c. well-trained teachers
d. the use of standardized tests to assess progress
Question 2
Some specific practices designed to help students adjust to high school include all of the following except ______________.
a. assigning a monitor who keeps in touch with the student during high school
b. combining classes in a team-teaching format so that the same group of students and teachers stay together for a substantial part of the school day
c. encouraging close friendships between seniors and freshmen
d. using older students as mentors or buddies for freshmen and sophomores
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