A government where the people maintain the power and exercise it either directly or indirectly by voting for their representatives.

A series of courses offered by schools, colleges, or universities.

The preservation of cultures as parallel and equal to the majority culture in a given society.

The idea that a person’s way of thinking, talking, and behaving should be understood and accepted by others from the same culture.

An advantage to a particular group of people, family, or individual student that is a direct result of their academic competence, language competence, or socioeconomic status.

A form of student evaluation for the student and the teacher that helps to document a student’s personal performance and help to form an evaluation. A performance contract is sometimes also referred to as a study guide.

A method of collecting data where six to twelve individuals participate in a discussion with a moderator.

A form of program evaluation where a student’s activities are evaluated by their own merit without comparison to previous submissions.

A form of program evaluation where samples of student work from the beginning of the class are compared to work at the end of the academic class or program.

When the first set of test scores are extremely high or low by random chance, the next set of test scores are more likely to move back toward the average.