Now,thereisagrowingmovementtopaythestudentsinAmericanschools---insomecases,evenjustforcomingtoclass.StudentsatoneschoolinNewMexicocanearnuptothreehundreddollarsayearforgoodattendance.InBaltimore,Maryland

　　Now,thereisagrowingmovementtopaythestudentsinAmericanschools---insomecases,evenjustforcomingtoclass.

　　StudentsatoneschoolinNewMexicocanearnuptothreehundreddollarsayearforgoodattendance.InBaltimore,Maryland,highscoresinstategraduationtestscanbeworthmorethanonehundreddollars.AndaNewJerseyschoolsystemplanstopaystudentsfiftydollarsaweektoattendafter---schooltutoringprograms.

　　Schoolsthatpaystudentscanbefoundinmorethanone---fourthofthefiftystates.Otherschoolspaystudentswithfoodorotherrewards.

　　RobertSchaeferisapubliceducationdirector.Hesayspayingstudentsmayimproveperformanceintheshortterm,butstudentsdevelopfalseexpectationsforthefuture.Heseesalackoflongtermplanningintheseprogramsbecauseofthepressureonschoolstoraisetestscores.

　　Publicschoolsneedtoshowimprovementundertheeducationreformlaw.Low---performingschoolsmaylosetheirfederalmoney;teachersandadministrators(行政人员)maylosetheirjobs.Oftentheseschoolsareinpoorneighborhoodswheregettingstudentstogotoschoolcanbeacontinualproblem.

　　Critics(评论家)saypayingstudentssendsamessagethatmoneyistheonlyvaluablereward.Butsomestudentssayitmakesschoolmoreexciting.Andsometeachershavereportedgettingmorerequestsforextrahelp.

　　Intwothousandfour,thecityschoolsinCoshocton,Ohio,launchedaprogram.Theywantedtoseeifpayingelementaryschoolstudentsasmuchasonehundreddollarswouldhelpinpassingthestateexams.

　　Now,EricBettingerofCaseWesternReserveUniversity(EUCWRU)hasreportedmixedresults.Mathscoresincreased,butonlywhitestudentswereabletogetpaid.Andtherewasnoevidenceofhigherscoresinreading,socialstudiesandscience.Officialwilldecidelaterthisyearwhethertocontinuetheprogram.

　　小题1:Payingstudentswhoshowimprovementintests__________.A．hasbeendoneinmostAmericanschoolsB．isbecomingagrowingpracticeintheUSAC．isnotverypopularwithteachersD．onlyaimsathighscoresatschool小题2:Accordingtothetext,RobertSchaefer_____________.A．isa