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Recession Fuels Shift from Private to Public Schools

When the family budget started feeling the recession’s pinch last year, Angela Allyn and her photographer husband, Matt Dinnerstein, pulled their three kids out of Chicago-area private schools and enrolled them in Evanston, m., public schools.
It has been a challenging transition: Maya, 16, now a high school sophomore, doesn’t like crowds--and her high school is as big as a small college," her mother says. Though Maya is learning a lot in the "amazing" science program, she’s also hoping to leave the crowds behind by doubling up on coursework, graduating by the end of junior year "and then going and doing interesting things," Allyn says. Her younger children face their own challenges, from bullying to sheer boredom.
The transition also has been an education for Maya’s parents, who say they had "no choice" in the struggling economy but to switch to public schools.
They’re saving about $20,0
A. doubtful
B. stunned
C. confused
D. uneasy

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When the family budget started feeling the recession’s pinch last year, Angela Allyn and her photographer husband, Matt Dinnerstein, pulled their three kids out of Chicago-area private schools and enrolled them in Evanston, m., public schools.
It has been a challenging transition: Maya, 16, now a high school sophomore, doesn’t like crowds--and her high school is as big as a small college," her mother says. Though Maya is learning a lot in the "amazing" science program, she’s also hoping to leave the crowds behind by doubling up on coursework, graduating by the end of junior year "and then going and doing interesting things," Allyn says. Her younger children face their own challenges, from bullying to sheer boredom.
The transition also has been an education for Maya’s parents, who say they had "no choice" in the struggling economy but to switch to public schools.
They’re saving about $20,0
A. Her children didn’t get accustomed to private schools.
B. Her children didn’t study well in private schools.
C. She had got financial troubles due to the recession.
D. She wanted her children to receive better education.

[单项选择]Testing has replaced teaching in most public schools. My own children’s school week is framed by pretests, drills, tests, and retests. They know that the best way to read a textbook is to look at the questions at the end of the chapter and then skim the text for the answers. I believe that my daughter Erica, who gets excellent marks, has never read a chapter of any of her school textbooks all the way through. And teachers are often heard to state proudly and openly that they teach to the mandated state test.
Teaching to the test is a curious phenomenon. Instead of deciding what skills students ought to learn, helping students learn them, and then using some sensible methods of assessment to discover whether students have mastered the skills, teachers are encouraged to reverse the process. First one looks at a commercially available test. Then one distills the skills needed not to master reading, say, or math, but to do well on the test. Finally, the test skills are taught.
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A. illustrate her cleverness in test-taking
B. reveal the incompetence of teachers
C. show there is something wrong with current practice in teaching
D. demonstrate the best way to read textbooks