首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
外语
Most students in grades K-12 attend school for 6 to 7 hours a day, 180 days per year. Some schools offer extended learning by ad
Most students in grades K-12 attend school for 6 to 7 hours a day, 180 days per year. Some schools offer extended learning by ad
admin
2015-01-03
51
问题
Most students in grades K-12 attend school for 6 to 7 hours a day, 180 days per year. Some schools offer extended learning by adding extra time to the school day or increasing the length of the school year. Some states are moving to this type of schedule in an attempt to increase student achievement. Is it worthwhile?
Longer days allow for more instruction in core classes, individualized attention and additional tutoring time for struggling students. Schools that switched to longer days reported significant gains in language arts, math and science. The most notable change was a gain of about 20 percent more proficiency in math from 2006 to 2010. However, the additional time must be accompanied by quality instruction to have an impact.
Longer school days also have positive implications for teachers, allowing for more collaboration with colleagues, planning time and opportunities for on-campus professional development. Some districts that use extended time have raised salaries and increased benefits to compensate teachers for the extra hours.
Longer days can also help close the achievement gap between socioeconomic groups. Families who can afford it often supplement their children’s education with additional classes and tutoring. With longer days, children from less-wealthy families would have these same opportunities. Students in schools with extended days average seven hours of instruction in art, music and physical education, which is double the national average.
Advocates of longer days argue that American students spend less time in school than their counterparts in other nations and are consequently lagging behind. In fact, American students attend school for 900 to 1,000 hours per year. Finland, which consistently performs well on standardized tests, averages 608 hours of instruction at the elementary level per year. By middle school, many American students have received many more instructional hours than students in Japan, Korea and Finland, yet these three countries continue to post high scores.
Additional time in school means more energy costs, higher salaries and more resources. While adding time appears to have positive effects, it comes at a cost that some schools cannot afford. Adding time to the school day increases school budgets an additional 6 to 20 percent more per year. Cash-strapped schools may not be able to cover this additional cost without revising their budgets. The question that schools must answer is whether the additional instruction and enrichment time is worth the additional costs.
According to Paragraph 4, longer school days______.
选项
A、force rich families to provide additional tutoring for their children
B、help narrow income gaps between rich and poor in the United States
C、increase the opportunities of employment for the underprivileged
D、benefit poor families by providing the children with additional classes
答案
D
解析
第四段讲,课时数的增加有助于缩小贫富家庭学生之间的成绩差异,而不是收入差异。该段第三句说明,由于学校延长了授课时间,不富裕家庭的孩子与富裕家庭的孩子一样享有相同的机会,不用找家教了,而且学习免费。
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/1GHO777K
0
研究生英语学位课统考(GET)
相关试题推荐
Asyoureadthis,nearly80,000Americansarewaitingforanewheart,kidneyorsomeotherorganthatcouldsavetheirlife.T
Today’sworkerisnolongerwillingtoworkinanauthoritariananddehumanizingenvironment.Workerswantmeaningintheirwork
BBC’sCasualtyprogrammeonSaturdayeveninggaveviewersavoteastowhichoftwopatientsshouldbenefitfromadonation.But
Itisawisefatherthatknowshisownchild,buttodayamancanboosthispaternal(fatherly)wisdom—oratleastconfirmthat
Alittlemorethanacenturyago,MichaelFaraday,thenotedBritishphysicist,managedtogainaudiencewithagroupofhighgo
Verysoon,unimaginablypowerfultechnologieswillremakeourlives.Thiscouldhavedangerousconsequences,especiallybecause
Verysoon,unimaginablypowerfultechnologieswillremakeourlives.Thiscouldhavedangerousconsequences,especiallybecause
Youshouldhaveputthemilkintheicebox;Iexpectit______undrinkablebynow.
TrafficisaperennialprobleminHongkong.Overtheyearsmanysuggestionshavebeen【C1】______toeasetransportdifficulties.T
Iwasembarrassedwhenthe______testpapermyteacherspokeaboutturnedouttobemine.Ihadforgottentoputmynameonit.
随机试题
盖碗、小壶冲泡烘青绿茶时,多长时间出汤
如何理解服务贸易的经济一体化?
对当代科学产生很大影响的科幻小说家是______。A.卡夫卡B.萨特C.哈代D.儒勒·凡尔纳
治疗风寒咳嗽选用:治疗肝火灼肺咳嗽选用:
A.主承托区B.副承托区C.边缘封闭区D.缓冲区E.有牙区受力方向与力呈角度的区域是
某工业园区拟建生产能力3.0×107m/a的纺织印染项目。生产过程包括织造、染色、印花、后续工序,其中染色工序含碱减量处理单元,年生产300天,每天24小时连续生产。按工程方案,项目新鲜水用量1600t/d,染色工序重复用水量l65t/d,冷却水重复用水量
民事法律行为是指公民或法人设立、变更、终止民事权利和民事义务的合法行为,包括附期限的民事法律行为和附条件的民事法律行为。民事法律行为所附的条件是行为人约定的将来发生的不确定的合法事实。附期限的民事法律行为是指在民事法律行为中约定一定期限,并把该期限的到来作
【T1】2100多年前,中国汉代的张骞肩负和平友好使命,两次出使中亚,开启了中国同中亚各国友好交往的大门,开辟出一条横贯东西、连接欧亚的丝绸之路。我的家乡陕西,就位于古丝绸之路的起点。站在这里,回首历史,我仿佛听到了山间回荡的声声驼铃,看到了大漠飘
设随机变量X,Y不相关,X~U(-3,3),Y的密度为f(y)=根据切比雪夫不等式,有P{|X-Y|<3}≥________.
A、Animportantpersoniscomingintohisoffice.B、Hehastoansweranotherphonecall.C、Heneedstoleavetheofficesoon.D、H
最新回复
(
0
)