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Testing: Is it the Only Way to Evaluate Students?

About ten percent of ___41___ (spend) on primary and secondary education in the United States comes from the federal government. For ten years now, federal law has tied this cost to student ___42___ (perform).States have been required to show progress through ___43___ (year) testing.

States say testing tells only part of the story about efforts by schools and students to improve. So the Obama administration has eased the limits on states in ___44___ (measure) performance.

The western state of Colorado, for example, has a new 45 (assess) method. The idea is to show ___46___ (academy) growth, not just achievement on tests. It combines test scores, family income levels, school size, the ethnicity of the student and many other factors.

Josh Smith is principal of a middle school in a network of public charter schools ___47___ (call) West Denver Prep. Charter schools are publicly funded but not operated the same as ___48___ (tradition) public schools. Mr. Smith says he likes to show his students this graph so they can see their school’s progress. On average, students enter sixth grade at West Denver Prep ___49___ (perform) below grade level.___50___ (strange) enough, most are outperforming other students across the stale three years later.

【第41题】根据文章，在对应处填写正确的单词。
【正确答案】：spending
本题解析：本句空白处放在介词of后面，另外空白处放在主语的位置上，提示需填入名词。因此，将提示词动词spend加上-ing改成名词spending（开销；花费）符合句意和语法。