Article Review Regarding Field Testing in New York Schools

Please look at the following article(link below) and answer the review questions.

City Parents Boycotting Added Tests at 2 Schools – New York Times

1. What background information is given, if any?
2. What is the problem statement?
3. Does the writer state objectives and/or a hypothesis?
4. Was the problem documented? How?
5. What is your opinion of the literature review? Is it comprehensive?
6. Discuss the methods section. What design was used?
7. How many subjects were involved in the study? What were their characteristics? Describe the target population.
8. Describe the treatment and implementation process.
9. What was the basic timeline?
10. What method of analysis was used? How were the results reported?
11. After reviewing the conclusion, did you note any obvious limitations?
12. Can you suggest an alternative treatment for solving this

problem?