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RAQ
A R.A.Q., or Reading Accountability Quiz, is a form of assessment used by Ms. Selberg at Coginchaug Regional High School. These quizzes are used to hold students responsible for, and ensure completion of, the reading assigned for homework. These are different than Unit Tests, which assess students on a number of chapters at the same time. The RAQ is most commonly used to prepare students for the AP Exams in the subjects of United States Government and Politics and Comparative Government and Politics.

Question Time
A common feature of the class period before a RAQ, "Question Time", which gets its name from the British procedure, features students of the AP US Government and Politics class asking questions about the reading, including facts that were not clear or topics that require more explanation. This was especially evident during the chapters of the book concerning the economy.

Format and Notable Features

 * Eight or nine multiple choice questions, or "Multiple guess", each featuring five answer choices.
 * Three or four "Define and identify" questions, each two parts, which ask a student to define a term and then use it properly in an example or to explain the term's relevance to a given topic.
 * One essay question from a past AP test. The question will hold relevance to the theme of the chapter being tested, and will have a point value corresponding to twice the number of elements included in the question (e.g. a topic which has five separate aspects will be worth ten points)

Comparative Government
After the Midterm Exams, RAQs are replaced by "Reading Checks". These six-question quizzes are shortened forms of RAQs, lacking notable features such as the Essay question and usually only containing one multiple guess question.

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