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
Parents can easily come down with an acute case of schizophrenia from reading the contradictory reports about the state of the p
Parents can easily come down with an acute case of schizophrenia from reading the contradictory reports about the state of the p
admin
2014-03-22
53
问题
Parents can easily come down with an acute case of schizophrenia from reading the contradictory reports about the state of the public schools. One set of experts asserts that the schools are better than they have been for years. Others say that the schools are in terrible shape and are responsible for every national problem from urban poverty to the trade deficit.
One group of experts look primarily at such indicators as test scores, and they cheer that they see all the indicators "reading scores, minimum competency test results, the Scholastic Aptitude Test scores" are up, some by substantial margins. Students are required to take more academic courses, more mathematics and science, along with greater stress on basic skills, including knowledge of computers. More than 40 state legislatures have mandated such changes.
But in the eyes of another set of school reformers such changes are at best superficial and at worst counterproductive. These experts say that merely toughening requirements, without either improving the quality of instruction or, even more important, changing the way schools are organised and children are taught makes the schools worse rather than better. They challenge the nature of the tests, mostly multiple choice or true or false, by which children’s progress is measured: they charge that raising the test scores by drilling pupils to come up with the right answers does not improve knowledge, understanding and the capacity to think logically and independently. In addition, these critics fear that the get-tough approach to school reform will cause more of the youngsters at the bottom to give up and drop out. This, they say, may improve national scores but drain even further the nation’s pool of educated people.
The way to cut through the confusion is to understand the different yardsticks used by different observers.
Compared with what schools used to be like "in the good old days", with lots of drill and uniform requirements, and the expectation that many youngsters who could not make it would drop out and find their way into unskilled jobs — by those yardsticks the schools have measurably improved in recent years.
But by the yardsticks of those experts who believe that the old schools were deficient in teaching the skills needed in the modern world, today’s schools have not become better. These educators believe that rigid new mandates may actually have made the schools worse.
The author suggests that the parents should______in order to make themselves clearly understand the present quality of the public schools.
选项
A、realise that the standard used by experts to decide the quality of schools is different
B、realise that the real condition of the quality of schools is not like what the experts say
C、have their own judgement on the quality of schools without being puzzled by the experts
D、make a comparison among different schools to find which experts are right
答案
A
解析
根据第1段介绍的背景知识,不难理解第4段中的confusion指的是父母对究竟学校质量是提高了还是降低了的疑惑。由该段可知,要想解除疑惑,就要understand thedifferent yardsticks used by different observers(明白不同的观察者所采用的不同的标准),再结合最后两段可知,第4段想要表达的意思就是不同的观察者采用不同的标准,那么他们最后所作出的结论就是不一样的,这就要求父母们能够充分地了解观察者作结论时所采用的标准,这样才有助于他们真正地了解公共中小学学
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/K317777K
0
大学英语六级
相关试题推荐
A、HewasthegreatpoliticalleaderfortheearlierAmerica.B、HesupportedtheAmericanWarofIndependence.C、Hecontributeda
IthasbecomedistinctiveoftheChannel’sproducts______(凭借其广泛的使用和良好的口碑).
HowSafeIsYourCellPhone?IttakesalittleextraworktogetintouchwithAndreaBoland.TheMainestaterepresentative
Inthe24yearssincethebirthofLouiseBrown,theworld’sfirsttest-tubebaby,thousandsofwould-beparentshavebeenassur
Muchtimeandefforthasbeendedicatedtoresearchingthementalhealthbenefitsofflexibleworkenvironments.Butcantheabi
Theconceptofpersonalchoiceinrelationtohealthbehaviorsisanimportantone.Anestimated90percentofallillnessmayb
A、Thereisnotenoughtimetofinishthepaper.B、Theyshouldn’thandtheworktotheprofessor.C、Theyaresoluckytogetanot
A、DevelopmentoftheNationalFlagB、PoweroftheNationalFlagC、TypesofFlagsD、UsesofFlagsA选项都涉及到国旗,且首字母大写表明,本题考查短文题目。短文按
Diamondshavelittleintrinsicvalueandtheirprice______(几乎全凭它们的稀有).
A、Hehasn’ttakenpartinadebatethisyear.B、Hebelievestheteamwaseliminatedalready.C、Hedoesn’tknowiftheteamwass
随机试题
某注水井昨日结算报表时水表底数是1975m3,今日结算报表时水表底数是2092m3;如果该井当日全1日注水,那么该井当日注水量是多少?如果该井当日上午8:00至9:00洗井,其井口溢流量为19m3,那么该井今日实际注水又是多少?
信息方法的最主要特点是撇开对象的和运动形式,考察系统的信息变换过程。()
简述不兑现信用货币制度的基本特点。
根据我国刑法的规定,减刑适用的对象包括()
A.everythingiswrongB.DoyouagreeC.let’stotalthescoreD.let’sdoitE.wecandoitF.HereistheanswersheetG.He
根据《水电水利工程爆破施工技术规范》(DL/T5135—2001),爆破器材仓库、储存室的位置、结构和设施须经主管部门批准,并经()认可。
1999年10月,甲百货公司为组织元旦和春节货源,与乙电视机厂签订购买100台电视机的合同,合同约定,价格为2000元/台(当时市场价格2200元/台),交货日期1999年12月15日,货到付款。1999年12月14日,乙厂司机醉酒驾车,将车开下山崖,车上
教育机智体现了教师的劳动具有()。
外国人、无国籍人和在华外国企业也可以成为我国行政法律关系的主体。()
A、AYoutheater.B、Anartmuseum.C、Anaturalhistorymuseum.D、Ahands-onsciencemuseum.C选项含义各不相同表明,本题可能考查细节理解。短文中提到在自然历史博物馆(a
最新回复
(
0
)