Stereotype Threat in a High Stakes Testing Environment Jennifer J. Krebs Wilkes University Abstract Given the rapidly changing demographics of today’s classrooms combined with the high-stakes testing environment created by the passage of No Child Left Behind‚ it is important to understand potential explanations for the persistence of achievement gaps. Explanations for the achievement gap have included high populations of English Language Learners (ELLs)‚ socioeconomic issues‚ lack of resources
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Opportunities. Lifestyle. Location. These are all important factors for me to consider as I think about where I want to live after I graduate college. Although Chicago and Hawaii both have advantages‚ I should move to Arizona instead. Due to its beauty and bright lights‚ people are drawn to Chicago for many reasons. Chicago‚ also known as the “city that never sleeps” is home to many shops‚ restaurants‚ clubs and bars (The Guide to Moving). Chicago is so diverse that it offers many different types
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enforcement agencies may have specific information value. The Intelligence Service‚ Armed Forces of the Philippines (ISAFP)‚ Police Intelligence Group (PIG) and National Intelligence Coordinating Agency (NICA) maintains files on individuals who make threats against political leaders. The Bureau of Customs (BOC) may provide information of imported goods; the Bureau of Immigration and Deportation (BID) can provide information on individuals entering or leaving the country; the Firearms and Explosive Division
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Security Threats and Trade Barriers "As defence‚ however‚ is much more important than opulence..." In 1776‚ even as Adam Smith was championing the ideals of a free market economy‚ he recognized that the interests of national security far outweighed the principles of free trade. More then two centuries later‚ that sentiment proves to still be accurate and in use. Since the early 1900s‚ the United States has used this precept to defend its position on trade barriers to hostile nations‚ and
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The Security Threats Of Online Shopping Have you ever bought a book from Amazon‚ purchased a movie or a music album from iTunes‚ booked and paid for a hotel room or a plane ticket at Expedia‚ ordered clothes or cosmetics from the brand’s website‚ sold your unused stuff on eBay‚ ordered a fitness class with discount through Groupon? If the answer is yes‚ then you are an online shopping consumer. Online shopping is a form of electronic commerce which allows people to purchase and sell products or
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Running head: THE GROWING THREAT OF COMPUTER CRIME The Growing Threat of Computer Crime Diana Ritter Baker College of Cadillac May 9‚ 2001 Abstract Computers have been used for most kinds of crime‚ including fraud‚ theft‚ larceny‚ embezzlement‚ burglary‚ sabotage‚ espionage‚ murder‚ and forgery‚ since the first cases were reported in 1958. One study of 1‚500 computer crimes established that most of them were committed by trusted computer users within businesses; persons with the requisite skills
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B) resources are scarce. C) resources are infinite D) with good planning‚ trade-offs can be avoided. 2. The best measure of the opportunity cost of any choice is: A) the monetary cost of that choice. B) whatever you have given up to make that choice‚ even if no monetary costs are involved. C) the cost associated with not taking full advantage of the opportunity offered by that choice. D) your hourly wage. 3. A busy professor can’t decide whether to stay in his office to grade papers for
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I reviewed the Webinar titled “Gamification: is it Edu-tainment or a Genuine Opportunity to Engage Learners?” By Brian Knudson of Noggin labs. Gamification of Learning high lights – What The webinar started by a brilliant experiment with those who signed up for the webinar and shared the results of the game. The webinar covered two broad categories of gaming types: simulations and social games. In this paper I was drawn to the first category‚ simulations because of its broad existence and usability
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Living During the Nuclear Threat HIS 145 Living under the threat of nuclear war would have been a very scary and unimaginable event‚ especially in the 1950s. Terrorism is another very dangerous threat‚ but it is different in its own. Living under the threat of nuclear war was a scary time for Americans. The media had to curve the tension people thought by making a television cartoon to enhance people to think they were save as long as they followed a few rules. Society in that period
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monetary terms‚ it will vary from person to person. A person who needs to study for a final to be taken on Monday may give up more than someone who is going to the library to work on a project that is not due for a few weeks. Page 18 question 4 The opportunity cost of spending the $100 now is the additional $5 I would earn in interest after 1 year. Page 36 question 3 When new technology emerges that produces
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