Under NCLB, each state was permitted to set its own proficiency benchmarks to be determined by standardized tests. According to the 2007 report The Proficiency Illusion, improvements in the passing rates on states can be largely explained by
a. improved teaching at schools in danger of failing.
b. setting a lower bar on the 8th grade test.
c. true growth in student learning.
d. declines in the difficulty of those tests.
Question 2
California officials predicted that by 2014, all 6,063 public schools serving _____ would be declared in need of restructuring under No Child Left Behind.
a. the Central Valley
b. the southern part of the state
c. poor students
d. chronic failures
An activation barrier, representing the transition state
Pre–steady state kinetic evidence for an acyl-enzyme intermediate
Comparison of reactions at equilibrium and steady state
Abortion Rates by State, 2008
Establishing a steady-state resting membrane potential.
Fixed bed state (i) and complete fluidization (ii)