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What is the purpose of standardized test scores in the accountability movement?
What is the purpose of standardized test scores in the accountability movement?
Which country has been most affected by the testing movement?
Which country has been most affected by the testing movement?
How many school days are estimated to be consumed by American children taking tests each year?
How many school days are estimated to be consumed by American children taking tests each year?
What does the cartoon depict?
What does the cartoon depict?
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What happens to the two pigs with lower scores in the cartoon?
What happens to the two pigs with lower scores in the cartoon?
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True or false: The accountability movement in America uses standardized test scores to assess the performance of local school teachers and administrators.
True or false: The accountability movement in America uses standardized test scores to assess the performance of local school teachers and administrators.
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True or false: The United States has been more affected by the testing movement than any other country in the world.
True or false: The United States has been more affected by the testing movement than any other country in the world.
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True or false: The National Commission on Testing and Public Policy estimates that American children spend the equivalent of twenty million school days taking tests each year.
True or false: The National Commission on Testing and Public Policy estimates that American children spend the equivalent of twenty million school days taking tests each year.
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True or false: In the cartoon, the pig with the higher math and verbal scores is the one who lives happily ever after.
True or false: In the cartoon, the pig with the higher math and verbal scores is the one who lives happily ever after.
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True or false: The purpose of standardized test scores in the accountability movement is to reward and motivate teachers and administrators.
True or false: The purpose of standardized test scores in the accountability movement is to reward and motivate teachers and administrators.
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