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Research indicates that because of non-instructional demands (discipline problems, attendance, etc.), teachers lose what percentage of instructional time?

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about 25 percent

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Which of the following claims about tracking is supported by research?

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Tracking by class (socioeconomic status) is one of the oldest of school traditions

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In "Life in the Classroom", Philip Jackson charcterizes school life as

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busy teachers working with students often forced to delay or deny their needs

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The "rule of two-thirds," uncovered by Nel Flanders, indicates

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two-thirds of classroom is talk, and two-thirds of that time teachers are doing the talking

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Philp Jackson calls teachers gatekeepers because

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they direct the flow of classroom interaction

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Philip Jackson researched teacher interactions in the classroom and concluded

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the high number of teacher-student interactions that occur in class underscores the rapid pace of classroom discourse

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Which of the following best describes a characteristic of adolescent culture in school?

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preoccupation with physical attractiveness and peer popularity

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Sociologist Talcott Parsons' investigation of the tracking system led to the conclusion that tracking is

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a system that molds educational and career paths of children at a very early age

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John Goodlad found that teachers

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vary considerably in how efficiently they use time

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The system by which students are assigned to a position within an academic range or level is known by any of the following terms except:

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social determinism

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Which of the following are least likely to graduate from high school?

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Hispanics

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Which of the following statements is true?

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Half of all students are bullied at least once a week

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The most widespread form of substance abuse is

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alcohol abuse

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Which of the following is true of today's families in the United States?

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Approximately 13 million children - more than one in five - live in single-parent families

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Which of the following is false? A homeless child

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may be restricted from participating in extracurricular activities if such participation might prove embarrassing to the homeless child or to the peers of a homeless child

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Which statement is false?

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Impulsivity accounts for about two-thirds of all adolescent suicides

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As a teacher, you find graffiti on your classroom wall that names one of your students as a "fag." The National Education Association recommends that a teacher should take which of the following actions:

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Announce to the class what has happened, indicate that such behavior is disrespectful, and that those responsible will be held accountable

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A middle school that divides students into three different "houses" to promote closer student-teacher connections is enacting one of the reforms urged in

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"Turning Points: Preparing American Youth for the 21st Century"

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Latchkey children

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are generally from educated families

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When people remember their high school experiences, they are most likely to recall issues concerning the

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school status system

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When students, parents, and teachers were asked to rate school goals in a study

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vocational, personal, academic, and social and civic goals were all rated "very important"

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Educators such as Arthur Bestor and Ernest Boyer have concluded that

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U.S. schools have taken responsibility for too many policies and goals

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Immediately after the release of "A Nation at Risk", most school reformers focused on

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reducing electives and increasing courses required for graduation from high school

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A colleague wants to learn more about economic reconstruction. Which of the following would you recommend he or she read?

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Paulo Freire's "The Pedagogy of the Oppressed"

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Someone in favor of a social action curriculum would rate which of the following goals for schools highest?

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to encourage students to question and reform current practices and institutions

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Who was John Goodlad?

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the author of "A Place Called School", a study examining the purposes of schooling

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Which of the following was the influential report that focused the nation's attention on the need for educational reform, and set in motion the first of three waves of reform that have been buffeting American schools since the 1980's?

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"A Nation at Risk"

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A state establishes "standards" that students must meet in order to graduate. The state is most likely focusing on which broad educational goals?

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transmitting society's knowledge and values

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The scathing 1983 report released by the National Commission on Excellence in Education criticized schools for their

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"cafeteria-style" curriculum and declining test scores

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In a second wave of school reform, educators such as Theodore Sizer, John Goodlad, and Ernest Boyer called for such things as

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challenging practices at the school level and empowering teachers and principals

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An examination of the history of school reform movements in the U.S. reveals

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that school goals tend to change to reflect the nation's ever-changing priorities

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Charter schools typically enjoy

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permission to operate for a fixed length of time

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Home-schooled students

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are most often home-schooled for religious reasons

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The neighborhood public school is

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in competition with magnet schools, charter schools, and even for-profit schools

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Edison Schools

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are for-profit, charter schools with an uncertain future

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Virtual schools

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are a form of distance learning

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What principle do Educational Maintenance Organizations follow?

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Profits can be realized by investing in education

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Open enrollment is the term given to

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the elimination of the requirement that students attend the closest public school

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Effective schools research has been criticized for all of the following except:

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overrepresentation of suburban schools

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Which of the following characateristics is usually associated with effective schools research?

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School goals are enunciated by the principal and followed by teachers and students

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The formal curriculum of the 17th century was primarily concerned with

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religion and reading

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The strong emphasis on the basics and academics during the 1980's was due to

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concern over the proliferation of easy high school electives and declining test scores

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The educational approach that best fits an emphasis on cultural literacy as advanced by E.D. Hirsch, Jr., is

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a curriculum that details the facts and concepts that every educated American should know

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All of the following statements about the extracurriculum are true except:

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since Title IX, high school boys and girls have participated in varsity sports in equal numbers

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In the 1960's, the curriculum emphasized

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social issues

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A major difference between the formal and the hidden curriculum is

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the hidden curriculum arises spontaneously from interactions between students and their environments

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Teachers shape the curriculum by

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supplementing an official curriculum with other materials and objectives

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Research on the effectiveness of computers in education shows that

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although a popular idea, the jury is still out on the effectiveness of computers in schools

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The sequence of planned learning experiences described in course guides and syllabi is called

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the formal curriculum or explicit curriculum

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Which of the following would be least supported by the back-to basics movement?

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incorporating demanding programs that meet the interests of students

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The state government influences curriculum by

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sponsoring standards and standardized testing

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A textbook uses "he" and "mankind" to refer to all people. This is an example of bias called

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linguistic

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Advantages of the statewide adoption process include all of the following benefits except

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more options for teachers at the local level

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Your school is changing some policies to meet the demands of No Child Left Behind. Which of the following would not meet federal NCLB requirements?

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providing military recruiters with private student records

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High-stakes testing has been criticized for

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failing to consistently correlate with other measures of student learning

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The two states that are most influential in the state adoption process are

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Texas and California

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The push for testing

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concerns those who protest the use of class time for test preparation

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Textbook adoption states

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are common in the South

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Proposed content standards were quite controversial in which content area?

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history

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A textbook covers 20th century U.S. history without mentioning the continuing struggle for civil rights, and pictures throughout the text portray only harmonious race relations. This is an example of bias called

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unreality

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By beginning a lesson with a riddle or an anecdote, a teacher is trying to establish

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motivation

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Teachers' questions are usually

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lower order

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You have just been assigned to teach a class that has several management problems. In order to reduce or eliminate these problems, you decide to

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establish predictable routines and rules to offer a sense of stability

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Arno Bellack's pedagogical cycle features these moves:

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structure, question, respond, react

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Which of the following describes Bloom's taxonomy?

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system for determining the intellectual level of questions

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Lower order questions

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can be answered through memory and recall

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Engaged time is

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time students are actively involved with subject matter

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A teacher asks a student to grade her own research paper - and to justify her grade. Identify the level of this task on Bloom's taxonomy.

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evaluation

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Group alerting is a technique designed to

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keep students' attention by addressing questions to the class, then naming the student to respond

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Increased wait time leads to

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fewer student questions or greater student participation

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The amount of time a teacher typically waits to call on a student after asking a question is:

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one second or less

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Which of the following is a desirable trait in a classroom manager?

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overlapping

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The most frequent teacher reaction is

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acceptance

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For teachers, increased wait time leads to

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greater use of higher order questions

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Direct teaching is

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teacher presentation of new material, followed by directed practice and feedback

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Mastery learning is based on the premise that

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all students can learn- if given the right tools and the opportunity to work at their own pace

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Which of the following is emphasized in the more recent research on effective teaching?

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the social nature of learning

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As a new teacher, you are considering using cooperative learning. One research finding supporting your decision is that

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students have greater motivation to learn

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When asking questions, teachers tend to give more wait time to students who they expect

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will not know the answer or will be able to give a correct answer

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Most standardized tests in the United States today are

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criterion-referenced tests

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The results of the state-mandated standardized tests are used for determination of:

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the school's AYP status

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In Georgia, End-of-Course tests are

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used to determine 15% of the grade in a course

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In which grades is the Georgia Writing Assessment administered?

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3, 5, 8, and 11

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Which type of assessment provides open-ended questions, often in the form of short answer or essay questions?

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Subjective

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Which of the following test in Georgia is used to determine if a student will be promoted to the next grade?

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CRCT

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Typically, teachers do not grade which of the following?

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formative assessment

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The Georgia High School Graduation Test is given to students for the first time in which of the following grades?

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11

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The increased emphasis on standardized testing has led to concerns about all of the following except:

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Standardized testing has improved teaching performance in many classrooms

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In Georgia, students with significant cognitive disabilities take the

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Georgia Alternative Assessment

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