The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo resulted in Mexico’s losing almost one-half its
territory.
A person’s race is an objective scientific matter.
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 reversed the Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka,
Kansas case.
Mass-consumer culture is does not affect education.
Educational bureaucracies are criticized as being self-serving and resistant to change
and improvements.
Education can be used as a method of social control.
The No Child Left Behind Act gives states the option of testing English-language
learners in their native language.
Learning societies and lifelong learning are not essential parts of the global educational
system.
Distance learning does not involve online learning.
The tradition of school proms dates back to the early 1800s.
Educational practices that have been influenced by the NEA include the comprehensive
high school, standardization of teacher training, and curriculum changes.
It is generally agreed that vouchers are the key to the success of educational reform.
As students’ time in public schools has increased, there has been a corresponding
decrease in crime rates.
Teachers in high-poverty districts tend to have more career longevity.
Institutional cheating on high-stakes tests occurs due to the pressures exerted on schools
to pass the tests.
Service learning is a preparation for direct involvement in politics.
Educational reforms based upon high-stakes testing advocate the use of teaching
methods that promote conceptual understanding.
For Thomas Jefferson, the most important political goal of public schools was teaching
arithmetic.
Horace Mann believed that even people without children economically benefited from
schools.
The percentage of public school teachers who are black is equal to the number of black
students.
White non-Hispanics have the highest median income in the U.S.
One original goal of home economics courses was to teach household budgeting.
Free market advocates argue that schools won’t be able to improve, even if school
choice is an option.
The NEA has traditionally limited its interests to public school organizations and
teachers and is affiliated with the general labor movement.
William Godwin believed that the government would use public schools as a means of
political control over its citizens.
Inclusion of special education students is overwhelmingly supported by teachers as a
way to provide education for all students.
The term cultural frame of reference refers specifically to a method of multicultural
education that encourages students to see the world through others’ eyes.
Equality of educational opportunity would mean that everyone has an equal chance to
receive an education.
In the court case Hazelwood School District v. Kuhlemier, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled
that school administrators have no right to control the content of student publications.
Global educational testing may promote a standardized world culture.
Afrocentric education is concerned primarily with the segregation of black students.
The teachers’ unions are completely non-partisan and refuse to issue endorsements.
One of the shifts that have occurred as a result of the emphasis on education for the
global economy is the priority given to the economic goals of education.
The Children of the Rainbow curriculum in the New York City public schools includes
teaching diverse family structures, including that of gay and lesbian families.
Texas is a major determiner of textbook content because it buys a significant share of
the nation’s textbooks.
Normal schools were developed in the nineteenth century to educate students who were
disabled.
The Immigration Act of 1965 enabled a new wave of immigration in the 1970s.
The second-most amount of money is spent in school districts with the highest
percentage of students from families below the poverty level.
Students with disabilities must take the same tests as all other students.
The IEA initially attempted to identify, through testing, effective educational methods
that could be shared between nations.
The No Child Left Behind Act’s effect on school choice
A.eliminated school choice in many regions that had thriving programs.
B.federally forced school choice on local school districts.
C.encouraged parents to choose, but school resources were too limited to give them all
a choice.
D.created a well-funded, thriving system where parents had a marketplace of options to
choose from.
E.Both a and b are correct.
F.required local school districts that were considered unsafe to offer a public school
choice plan.
The No Child Left Behind Act includes all of the following as elements of secular
character education EXCEPT
A.civic virtue and responsibility.
B.chastity.
C.justice and fairness.
D.giving.
Mendez et al. v. Westminster School District of Orange County was an important case
because it ruled that
A.segregation was illegal; lack of exposure to English harmed Spanish-speaking
children, so there was no educational justification for it.
B.Mexican Americans were an identifiable dominated group because of their language,
culture, religion, and Spanish surnames.
C.an inequality of property taxes between school districts led to inequality in the quality
of education received by Mexican American and white students.
D.special provisions had to be made to ensure that bilingual students received the same
quality of education as mainstream students.
E.None of these answers is correct.
Until the 1960s, most moral values taught in public school were based on ________
values.
A.Jewish
B.secular
C.Christian
D.philosophical
Social reproduction is
A.a controversial practice taught in sex-education courses.
B.a means by which society passes down the best of its culture to its youth.
C.the practice of separating students according to ability level.
D.the process by which schools separate students by family background, with higher
income students being granted more opportunities for better jobs with higher incomes.
E.both a means by which society passes down the best of its culture to its youth and a
process by which schools ensure that students from wealthy families continue to live
the lives to which they’ve become accustomed.
The phrase culture of power refers to
A.unspoken codes about how to dress, talk, and interact in the workplace.
B.the culture of the middle and upper classes.
C.the ways teachers act, and how textbook publishers shape what students learn.
D.unspoken codes about how to dress, talk, and interact in the workplace and the
culture of the middle and upper classes.
E.All these answers are correct.
The “Sex Respect” program is a sex education program that
A.teaches the social, psychological, and health gains of abstinence.
B.focuses on the most successful, proven methods of birth control.
C.teaches students to value people of all sexual orientations using the books Heather
Has Two Mommies and Daddy’s Roommate.
D.has been denied funds made available by Title V of the 1996 Welfare Reform Act.
E.teaches the social, psychological, and health gains of abstinence and has been denied
funds made available by Title V of the 1996 Welfare Reform Act.
This type of choice plan allows students to choose to attend any public school in their
district or state.
A.site-based management plan
B.voucher plan
C.public school choice plan
D.charter school plan
The economic model of the War on Poverty links an inadequate education to
A.poor diet
B.poor medical care
C.low-quality housing
D.low-income jobs
E.All of these answers are correct.
Which of the following effects does Ken Goodman claim the No Child Left Behind Act
has on scientific study?
A.Research is being made more accessible to teachers who are basing more of their
practices on scientifically proven methods.
B.Specific researchers and research methods have been blacklisted.
C.Funding for phonics instruction was drastically decreased.
D.Some 95% of scientific study has been cast into doubt and much of it was removed
from publicly available research databases.
E.Some 95% of the research has been cast into doubt, much of it was removed from
publicly available research databases, and funding for phonics instruction was
drastically decreased.
Which of the following is a global testing product of the OECD?
A.SAT
B.PIMA
C.ETS
D.TOEFL
Pursuant to No Child Left Behind, parents
A.must accept the school that is chosen for their child by federal education authorities.
B.can use vouchers to purchase an education for their children.
C.of children in failing schools can choose another school for their children.
D.have a choice between public and private schools.
In order to prove segregation exists at a school, Oliver vs. Michigan State Board of
Education stated that
A.the individual motives and prejudices of school officials must be investigated.
B.the pattern of a school’s actions had to have caused a measurable increase in
segregation.
C.busing needed to be implemented to counteract segregation.
D.over 60% of the local minority population had to be enrolled in one single school.
Which of the following statements is true about the effects of bilingual education?
A.Bilingual education programs attempt to break students’ ties to their home culture.
B.Students are better able to learn English if they can read and write in their native
language.
C.Students from bilingual education programs are less likely to speak English well than
those from immersion programs.
D.Bilingual education programs discourage students from integrating into mainstream
society.
E.Students in these programs become confused about which language to speak at which
time.
Which of the following is a problem associated with second-generation segregation?
A.student-created racial boundaries
B.preferential treatment for minorities
C.dress code violations
D.gang-related violence
School voucher programs have been criticized because
A.they provide parents with alternatives to poor schooling.
B.they may result in taxpayer money going to religiously affiliated schools.
C.they improve the educational opportunities of all children.
D.they benefit both public and private schools.
Family factors that most strongly correlate to math skills upon entering kindergarten
include
A.exposure to performing arts.
B.ownership of computer.
C.preschool.
D.All of these answers are correct.
Human capital education for the global economy emphasizes which of the following
subject areas?
A.history
B.literacy
C.arts education
D.social studies
Which of the following is NOT an example of state involvement in schools?
A.collection of education statistics
B.teacher certification requirements
C.compulsory school requirements
D.full funding of No Child Left Behind requirements
Measuring voter participation rates in history can be difficult because
A.in early America, voting was restricted to property owners.
B.women were not allowed to vote until 1920.
C.the Voting Rights Act of 1965 removed many barriers to voting by minority groups.
D.All of these answers are correct.
According to this chapter, economic Gary Becker referred to the American economy as
a ___________ economy.
A.capitalist
B.post-industrial
C.knowledge
D.educational
According to the National Service Learning Clearinghouse, service-learning
experiences can
A.offer opportunities to engage in problem-solving.
B.promote teamwork, community, and citizenship.
C.address complex problems in complex situations.
D.be personally meaningful to participants.
E.All of these answers are correct.
Which court case resulted in the outlawing of Bible reading in public school as part of a
religious exercise?
A.Board of Education of Independent School District No. 92 of Pottawatomie County et
al. v. Earls et al.
B.Abington School District v. Schempp
C.Engel v. Vitale
D.None of these answers is correct.
Which of the following is NOT given by the author as a global response to schooling
minority cultures and languages?
A.boarding schools for minority languages and cultures
B.unity through diversity
C.cosmopolitanism
D.compulsory bilingualism
E.planned assimilation
Boarding schools for Native Americans
A.were begun to eliminate the languages and cultures of the tribes.
B.did not provide an adequate diet for the children they taught.
C.were often far from the reservation lands.
D.were supported by the labor of the students.
E.All these answers are correct.
U.S. schools have
A.experienced a glut of teachers who are interested in teaching English as a second
language.
B.been successful at curbing the dropout rates for non-English speakers through
specialized English language training.
C.successfully diversified the teaching staff so that students are being taught by
teachers of a wide-variety of cultural backgrounds.
D.had problems finding teachers trained to teach LEP students.
All of the following are examples of ways female teachers were treated in the 1800s
except:
A.female teachers were not allowed to marry.
B.female teachers were paid the same for their work as male teachers.
C.employment contracts warned female teachers to avoid being seen in public with
males.
D.female teachers were expected to “civilize” mining and cow towns in the western
states.
E.females were viewed as second-class citizens.
According to this chapter, what is one reason why African American students may not
be willing to engage with their education?
A.They may see it as sacrificing their identity to “act white.”
B.Multicultural education may overlook them in favor of “model minorities.”
C.Their courses may be too Afrocentric and seem irrelevant to them.
D.Both b and c are correct.
E.All these choices are correct.
Which of the following is a consequence of English-only instruction for students with
limited exposure to English?
A.exceptionally high dropout rates
B.improved ability to participate in the democratic process
C.better access to the job market
D.better integration into American society
E.increasing numbers of students returning to their home countries
Which of the following is an example of empowerment?
A.giving food to a homeless person on the street
B.giving money to a church or secular charity
C.paying a compliment to someone from another culture
D.working to change a discriminatory law or policy
E.All these answers are correct.