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  3. [A] To start, states that gain approval

[A] To start, states that gain approval

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问题 [A] To start, states that gain approval to measure student growth will also be required to chart progress the old way, comparing this year’s students with those of last year’s. The Education Department wants to see that data to help determine whether charting growth is a fair, accurate measure. Patricia Sullivan, director of the independent Center on Education Policy, praised federal leaders for showing flexibility and clearly outlining what states must do to get it.　　[B] Tinkering again with enforcement of the No Child Left Behind education law, the US government plans to let some states fundamentally change how they measure yearly student progress. In an experiment that’s been months in the making, up to 10 states will be allowed to measure not just how students are performing, but how that performance is changing over time.　　[C] Education Secretary Margaret Spellings was announcing the “growth model” policy on Friday to a gathering of state school chiefs in Richmond, Virginia, The Associated Press learned. “We’re open to new ideas, but we’re not taking our eyes off the ball,” Spellings said in remarks prepared for delivery to the state school officials. Frustrated states have been pleading for permission to measure growth by students, which may make it easier for schools to meet their goals and avoid penalties. Spellings has promised to be flexible in enforcing the law. Schools that receive federal poverty aid but don’t make “adequate yearly progress” for at least two years face mounting penalties, from allowing students to transfer and providing tutoring to poor children to eventual restructuring of the school and its staff. Spellings said it makes sense to give schools credit for progress that students make.　　[D] A growth model could benefit not just struggling students but also gifted ones who may be challenged anew to show their own yearly progress, beyond the school’s standard benchmark. “This is clearly what States have been asking for,” Sullivan said. “It makes a lot of sense to measure growth. It’s so discouraging for teachers when students make tremendous gains but don’t get the credit because they don’t get all the way over the bar.”　　[E] The states that win approval for the new flexibility, however, must do more than show growth. They still will have to get all children up to par in reading and maths by 2014, as the law requires, and show consistent gains along the way. The Education Department, eager to show it is not weakening the law, will require states to take many steps before they can qualify for the “growth” option. States must have data systems to track individual students, close achievement gaps between whites and minorities, and prove they have at least one year of baseline testing. The law requires yearly testing in grades three to eight and once in high school.　　[F] The latest shift in enforcement of the President Bush’s No Child Left Behind law is politically significant, one that is central to Bush’s domestic agenda. Other recent changes have dealt with testing, teacher quality and students with debilities.　　[G] Currently, schools are judged based only on how today’s students compare to last year’s students in moths and reading—such as fourth-graders in 2005 versus fourth-graders in 2004. Many state leaders don’t like the current system of comparison because it doesn’t recognize changes in the population or growth by individual students. So it often faces criticism in statehouses and schoolhouses.Order：
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解析1. G　文章第一段[B]项介绍美国政府又将修改并执行”不让一个孩子掉队”的教育法规。在近几个月制定法规的一次实验中，多达l0个州将被批准采用新方法评价学生，包括学生平时的表现以及后来的进步。最后一段[F]项指出，布什政府的”不让一个孩子掉队”法规的改革具有重要的政治意义。这项法规是布什政府的核心内政。另外一个改革是有关考试、教师水平和残疾学生的。按照逻辑分析，我们推测，既然最后一段肯定了新的教育法规，那么文章中间部分可能会讲到现行教育法规中存在的问题，以及新法规的好处。浏览各项，[G]项首句就介绍了现行法规评价学生的办法，紧接在[B]项后面，符合文章的发展逻辑。2. C　[G]项最后一句点出现行的评估办法经常受到州府和校方的批评。分析其他各项，主要是针对新法规展开的论述，那么，[G]项之后就需要一个转折段，从旧法规过渡到新法规，各项中只有[C]项符合：We’re open to new ideas，but we’re not taking our eyes off the ball.即”我们欢迎新理念，但是我们也不会放弃现有的政策。”3. E　[C]项讲了一些受到批评的州的情况：Frustrated states have been pleading……那么下文会讲到问题的另一方面，即受到肯定的州的情况。[E]项The states that win approval…讲的正是受到肯定的州的情况，所以[E]项符合文章发展的逻辑。4. A　比较[A]项和[D]项，[A]项继续讲受到肯定的州(to measure student growth will also be required to chart progress the old way，comparing this year’s students with last year’s与[E]项逻辑联系更紧密，是合适的选项。5. D　[D]项讲了新模式的优点：好学生和差学生都受益，与结尾段The latest shift in enforcement of the President Bush’s No Child Left Behind law is politically significant，连接紧密，因此本题选D。
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