Author Question: Some evidence suggests that the use of high-stakes tests as measures of quality of education leads ... (Read 115 times)

jenna1 · **on:** Jul 1, 2018

Some evidence suggests that the use of high-stakes tests as measures of quality of education leads to:

a. much higher high school graduation rates.
b. schools encouraging or forcing low-performing students to leave school to improve the overall scores of the school.
c. a significant increase in the funding for the arts and foreign language programs.
d. higher salaries for teachers.

Question 2

Ideally, tracking would help both gifted and slower learners. The research indicates, however that tracking:

a. hurts gifted and slower learners.
b. modestly helps gifted learners and significantly hurts slower learners.
c. significantly helps gifted learners and modestly helps slower learners.
d. modestly hurts gifted learners and significantly helps slower learners.