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Next month, New York students in grades three through eight will take the st

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问题     Next month, New York students in grades three through eight will take the state’s standardized tests: three days of exams devoted to English Language Arts and Mathematics tests, except Art, Gym, Health, History and Science which are set up in the usual classes. These are often referred to as high-stakes tests because of the impact that the results can have on student promotion, teacher evaluation, and school funding—and the stakes of the tests in New York this year may be pushed higher still.
    In his State of the State address, Governor Andrew Cuomo pledged to make education reform a centerpiece(最重要的部分)of his agenda. "Everyone will tell you, nationwide, the key to education reform is a teacher evaluation system," the governor said. He noted that while only thirty-eight percent of New York State high-school students are deemed to be " college ready" , according to their scores on standardized tests, 98.7 percent of teachers in New York’s schools are rated "effective". "How can that be?" "The problem is clear and the solution is clear. We need real, accurate, fair teacher evaluations. "
    But how teachers might best be evaluated remains a contested science. In New York City, a system which was adopted by Cuomo in 2013 is that students’ results in state tests account for 20% of a teacher’s rating, but the teacher’s curriculum materials are also evaluated, as is his or her classroom practice, which is observed on multiple visits throughout the year by the school principal. Any teacher deemed ineffective for two continuous years may be fired.
    Cuomo’s assertion is not universally shared. Those who have disagreed with it warned excessive reliance on test scores will cause teaching for tests rather than for learning. Others have said teachers may focus on improving their most able students at the expense of nurturing the capacities of the least able members.
    In the light of the widespread doubt about over-reliance on test results and the widespread consensus about the harmful effects caused by teaching for tests, that test results are used to assess teachers’ effectiveness seems a questionable calculation. It looks likely, though, that, should Cuomo’s proposal come into effect, test-prep season will start a lot earlier next year, for everyone. [br] The author’s attitude toward teacher evaluation based on students’ test results is______.
选项 A、quite undecided
B、somewhat disapproving
C、completely neutral
D、slightly approving
答案 B
解析 观点态度题。本题考查的是作者对基于学生考试结果的教师评估体系的态度。原文最后一段第一句指出，根据对过度依赖考试结果的普遍怀疑以及考试型教学造成有害影响的广泛共识，以考试结果来评估教师的有效性似乎是有问题的。由此可知，作者对于以考试结果对教师进行评估的观点多少是不赞同的。B)是对其态度的最好概括，故为答案。A)“很不确定”、C)“完全中立的”和D)“稍微赞同的”都未在原文中体现出来，故排除。
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