Ms. Michaels wants to ensure that her sixth-grade social studies assessments are
written in a way to best show true student mastery of the content. Which of the
following should Ms. Michaels do to make her assessments as fair and representative
of true learning as possible?
A. Evaluate included examples to ensure that they are culturally accessible to all
students.
B. Attempt to use below grade-level vocabulary to make the questions more clear.
C. Occasionally include unexpected written instructions like, "only answer the odd
question," to train students to carefully read the instructions every time.
D. Repeat the same testing format for each assessment to minimize confusion.
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A. Evaluate included examples to ensure that they are culturally accessible
to all students.
Which of the following situations best illustrates the concept of voluntary exchange in
a market economy?
a. A company offers a job seeker an hourly rate that the potential employee accepts
in return for his labor
b. A store owner pays taxes to the local government in return for protection by local
law enforcement and other benefits
c. An individual accepts financial support offered by family members in order to
pursue a professional degree
d. A manufacturer decides to produce less of a particular product after the price of
the product declines due to oversupply
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a. A company offers a job seeker an hourly rate that the potential employee
accepts in return for his labor
A sixth-grade teacher is planning to show students several video clips of inaugural
addresses delivered by past U.S. presidents. The teacher wants to promote students'
active listening skills, as well as facilitating students' ability to understand the video
clips. Which of the following strategies would be most effective for the teacher to use
for this purpose?
a. introducing the video clips with an overview of the history and purpose of
presidential inaugural addresses
b. providing for students a reference list of unfamiliar words from the speeches, along
with their definitions
c. pausing the video clips at predetermined intervals for students to talk to a partner
about what they heard
,d. having students take notes while viewing the video clips and then summarize in
writing what they learned
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c. pausing the video clips at predetermined intervals for students to talk to
a partner about what they heard
Read the excerpt below from Abraham Lincoln's "Gettysburg Address" 1863:
It is for us the living rather be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who
fought here have thus far so nobly advanced. It is rather for us to be here dedicated
to the great task remaining before us-that from these honored dead we take
increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of
devotion-that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain, that
this nation under God shall have a new birth of freedom, and that government of the
people, by the people, for the people shall not perish from the earth.
In this excerpt, the great task remaining before us refers to the struggle to preserve
the Union and:
a. maintain a government based on laws
b. fulfill the promise of equality
c. expand the scope of individual liberties
d. affirm states' rights
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b. fulfill the promise of equality
In 1912, Alfred Wegner proposed a theory often referred to as "the Pangaea Theory."
This theory was based on which of the following ideas?
, a. the Earth's magnetic poles have reversed several times throughout history
b. tectonic plates move because of convection currents in the mantle
c. mountains are formed by tectonic plates pushing against one another
d. the continents once formed a single land mass, but have since drifted apart
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d. the continents once formed a single land mass, but have since drifted
apart
Reading research conducted using scientific-based research methods has identified
which of the following areas as one of the five essential components of an effective
reading instruction program?
a. vocabulary development
b. letter formation
c. book-handling skills
d. spelling skills
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a. vocabulary development
Ms. Landers had planned to begin instruction on a new syllable pattern in class this
week, but on the previous Friday, only half of the class showed proficiency with the
previous skill. How should this information affect her plan for the upcoming week?
A. She should continue whole-class instruction on the current skill.
B. She should continue with the current plan but revisit the previous skill at a later
date.
C. She should plan to continue instruction focused on the previous week's skill with
the struggling students before teaching them the new syllable pattern.
D. She should reassess the skill to ensure that the initial results were reliable.
written in a way to best show true student mastery of the content. Which of the
following should Ms. Michaels do to make her assessments as fair and representative
of true learning as possible?
A. Evaluate included examples to ensure that they are culturally accessible to all
students.
B. Attempt to use below grade-level vocabulary to make the questions more clear.
C. Occasionally include unexpected written instructions like, "only answer the odd
question," to train students to carefully read the instructions every time.
D. Repeat the same testing format for each assessment to minimize confusion.
,Give this one a try later!
A. Evaluate included examples to ensure that they are culturally accessible
to all students.
Which of the following situations best illustrates the concept of voluntary exchange in
a market economy?
a. A company offers a job seeker an hourly rate that the potential employee accepts
in return for his labor
b. A store owner pays taxes to the local government in return for protection by local
law enforcement and other benefits
c. An individual accepts financial support offered by family members in order to
pursue a professional degree
d. A manufacturer decides to produce less of a particular product after the price of
the product declines due to oversupply
Give this one a try later!
a. A company offers a job seeker an hourly rate that the potential employee
accepts in return for his labor
A sixth-grade teacher is planning to show students several video clips of inaugural
addresses delivered by past U.S. presidents. The teacher wants to promote students'
active listening skills, as well as facilitating students' ability to understand the video
clips. Which of the following strategies would be most effective for the teacher to use
for this purpose?
a. introducing the video clips with an overview of the history and purpose of
presidential inaugural addresses
b. providing for students a reference list of unfamiliar words from the speeches, along
with their definitions
c. pausing the video clips at predetermined intervals for students to talk to a partner
about what they heard
,d. having students take notes while viewing the video clips and then summarize in
writing what they learned
Give this one a try later!
c. pausing the video clips at predetermined intervals for students to talk to
a partner about what they heard
Read the excerpt below from Abraham Lincoln's "Gettysburg Address" 1863:
It is for us the living rather be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who
fought here have thus far so nobly advanced. It is rather for us to be here dedicated
to the great task remaining before us-that from these honored dead we take
increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of
devotion-that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain, that
this nation under God shall have a new birth of freedom, and that government of the
people, by the people, for the people shall not perish from the earth.
In this excerpt, the great task remaining before us refers to the struggle to preserve
the Union and:
a. maintain a government based on laws
b. fulfill the promise of equality
c. expand the scope of individual liberties
d. affirm states' rights
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b. fulfill the promise of equality
In 1912, Alfred Wegner proposed a theory often referred to as "the Pangaea Theory."
This theory was based on which of the following ideas?
, a. the Earth's magnetic poles have reversed several times throughout history
b. tectonic plates move because of convection currents in the mantle
c. mountains are formed by tectonic plates pushing against one another
d. the continents once formed a single land mass, but have since drifted apart
Give this one a try later!
d. the continents once formed a single land mass, but have since drifted
apart
Reading research conducted using scientific-based research methods has identified
which of the following areas as one of the five essential components of an effective
reading instruction program?
a. vocabulary development
b. letter formation
c. book-handling skills
d. spelling skills
Give this one a try later!
a. vocabulary development
Ms. Landers had planned to begin instruction on a new syllable pattern in class this
week, but on the previous Friday, only half of the class showed proficiency with the
previous skill. How should this information affect her plan for the upcoming week?
A. She should continue whole-class instruction on the current skill.
B. She should continue with the current plan but revisit the previous skill at a later
date.
C. She should plan to continue instruction focused on the previous week's skill with
the struggling students before teaching them the new syllable pattern.
D. She should reassess the skill to ensure that the initial results were reliable.
