Marita's Bargain Test

The word appreciation means

• to strengthen; to give more force to

• recognition of the significance or value of someone or something

• the act of holding firmly to a purpose or task

• secure against change or violation

2. The word Reinforce MOST NEARLY means:

• to strengthen; to give more force to

• to gather or pile up

• the act of holding firmly to a purpose or task

• secure against change or violation

3. The word Cognitive MOST NEARLY means:

• recognition of the significance or value of someone or something

• Lacking a fixed plan

• related to knowledge or understanding

• to match something or someone; to act or be in accord or agreement

4. The word Accumulate MOST NEARLY means:

• related to knowledge or understanding

• to match something or someone; to act or be in accord or agreement

• to gather or pile up

• the act of holding firmly to a purpose or task

1. The word inviolate MOST NEARLY means:

• contrary (or opposite) to what one expects

• unusually varied or mixed

• to match something or someone; to act or be in accord or agreement

• secure against change or violation

7. The word Conform MOST NEARLY means:

• to strengthen; to give more force to

• to match something or someone; to act or be in accord or agreement

• to gather or pile up

• unusually varied or mixed

10. The word Persistence MOST NEARLY means:

• the act of holding firmly to a purpose or task

• recognition of the significance or value of someone or something

• contrary (or opposite) to what one expects

• to match something or someone; to act or be in accord or agreement

KIPP Academy is

• an expensive private school in New York City

• a successful middle school in the South Bronx

• a highly rated model school in Japan

• a school founded by reformers in the 19th century.

According to the author, the KIPP Academy's success is due primarily to its

• curriculum

• resources

• philosophy

• teachers

Karl Alexander's study of students' test scores showed that

• long summer vacations help both wealthy and poor students learn more

• wealthy students learn more than poor students during the school year

• wealthy students do not learn anything during summer vacations

• poor students learn very little during summer vacations