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(精神分裂症)from reading the contradictory reports about the state of
Parents can easily come down with an acute case of schizophrenia(精神分裂症)from reading the contradictory reports about the state of
admin
2017-02-01
29
问题
Parents can easily come down with an acute case of schizophrenia(精神分裂症)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 looks primarily at such indicators as test scores, and they cheer what 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 organized 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 adoption, 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 school was 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 passage mainly _____.
选项
A、compares the old schools and the present schools
B、shows contradictory views about the state of public schools
C、tells why parents can easily become schizophrenic
D、displays how school reform is carried out
答案
B
解析
文章用较大篇幅阐释两类专家看法,并对两种看法进行比较,所以答案为B。C中提及家长的反应只是在开篇作为引子引出专家的说法;A、D涉及的内容只是在文章稍有涉及,并未做深入的讨论。
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/NaF7777K
0
大学英语六级
相关试题推荐
A、Itssouthernpartismostsuitabletolivein.B、Itisawonderfulplaceforshopping.C、Itdoesn’thavemanyentertainmentpl
InAmerica,marriageisamatterofindividualresponsibilityanddecisionfortheyoung.Theyhavetheirownrightto【B1】_____t
A、Thedevelopmentofonlinevideos.B、Thelimitationofnewlaws.C、ThelowerqualitiesofDVDitself.D、Theuseofhandheldvid
InternationalWomen’sDay(8March)isanoccasionmarkedbywomen’sgroupsaroundtheworld.Thisdateisalsocommemoratedatth
A、Anyonewhoisinterestedinthatsport.B、Thosewhoplaybestatthatsport.C、Thesmarteststudentsinclass.D、Thecompetiti
A、Davidneedstobalancehistimewithasociallife.B、Davidisfallingbehindhisfriendsinschool.C、Davidisworkinghardu
A、Discussthepatient’streatmentwithdoctors.B、Showtoomuchcaretothepatient.C、Havemuchfreedomtogiveadvicetothep
Forgetthewidelyunlovedredesign.Facebookhascommittedagreateroffense.AccordingtoanewstudybydoctoralcandidateAry
A、Paintingapicture.B、Hostingaprogram.C、Designingastudio.D、Takingaphotograph.B根据女士所说的“今天我们请布朗教授带着他的新书《时尚映像》来到我们演播厅”,可
Englishistheleadinginternationallanguage.Indifferentcountriesaroundtheglobe,Englishisacquiredasthemothertongue
随机试题
案情:甲乙系兄弟,早年丧母。其父亲去世时留下一头受孕的母牛。因无法分割,二人约定共同共有,后母牛产下一头小牛。此时甲的家中正好缺少劳动力,趁机提出欲分得母牛。乙认为牛犊至少要等饲养一年才能派上用场,如此分割明显不公。甲在其要求被拒绝后,从此不再照管这两头牛
简述我国社会主义教育目的的基本点。
牙髓内以哪一种免疫球蛋白为主
某地区探明地下存在较大矿床,矿体埋藏较深,且埋藏条件较为复杂、分散、平面尺寸和高差不大。经研究计算,该矿体采用露天开采的方式,较为经济。以下选项中最适合本次开采的矿床开拓方法为()。
From:PaulaWashingtonTo:ClaraNashSubject:OrderDearMr.Nash,MynameisPaulaWashingtonandI’mtheownerofth
形成运动技能的分化阶段时,运动动力定型()
阅读下列材料,回答问题。甲、乙、丙三人投资成立了一家有限责任公司。甲出资10万元,乙出资30万元,丙以价值50万元的房屋出资。后甲和丙因公司连续两年无法召开股东会,公司经营管理发生严重困难,而向法院提起解散公司的诉讼,法院受理了该案件。
Verne’sAccuratePreviewoftheFutureSincethebeginningoftime,manhasbeeninterestedinthemoon.TheRomansdesigned
YouwillhearadialoguebetweenamanandHRManager.Foreachquestion(23-30),markoneletter(A,BorC)forthecorrectanswe
A、Thetutorwasn’tseriouslyhurt.B、Shecouldtutorthemaninmath.C、It’sagooddeatogetatutor.D、She’ssureProfessorA
最新回复
(
0
)