Deck 11: Education

Question 1

The most striking expansion of education in the twentieth century has been in the:

A) colleges and universities.
B) public schools.
C) high schools.
D) elementary schools.

Answer 1

A

Question 2

Accountability of charter schools is achieved by:

A) performance tests.
B) arbitrary factors.
C) accountants.
D) random selection.

Answer 2

A

Question 3

The federal program that seeks to enhance the social and intellectual development of students as young as 3 years old is:

A) the 8-4-4 system.
B) the 5-3-4-4 system.
C) Head Start.
D) the middle school.

Answer 3

C

Question 4

There are four reasons why education serves as a fundamental building block of U.S. democracy. Identify and describe two of them.

Question 5

Peggy McIntosh argues that the current educational system:

A) does not provide a collaborative learning environment.
B) does not stress a "winner-killer" competitive environment.
C) does not encourage biased thinking.
D) is very careful to consider the diverse cultural backgrounds of students.

Question 6

The movement to make social institutions unbiased with respect to all ethnic groups is called the:

A) Prejudiced Revival Movement.
B) Institutional Movement.
C) Unitary Movement.
D) Multiculturalism Movement.

Question 7

Which group has the highest dropout rate?

A) Blacks.
B) Whites.
C) Hispanics.
D) All are about equal.

Question 8

Which of the following countries will pay for 90 percent of the cost of dissatisfied parents setting up their own school?

A) United States.
B) Denmark.
C) Japan.
D) France.

Question 9

Most subjects in social science can be isolated for purposes of study:

A) because social topics are by nature isolated.
B) because human behavior is not patterned.
C) because social science research strongly supports this method.
D) but in reality they are not isolated.

Question 10

College programs that are intended to broaden the intellectual horizon of students are called:

A) technical education.
B) specialized education.
C) humanities education.
D) general education.

Question 11

U.S. educational institutions are:

A) a product of their history.
B) without problems.
C) not a subject of current debate.
D) currently all alike.

Question 12

In the U.S. in the late nineteenth century, we developed a so-called:

A) dual school system.
B) unitary school system.
C) multiple system of education.
D) six-part system of education.

Question 13

Why is the history of U.S. education important in understanding educational problems and possible solutions today?

Question 14

The methods of teaching and what needs to be taught:

A) remain unchanged forever.
B) is the same in all societies.
C) changes when technology changes.
D) is not part of culture.

Question 15

What is true of some state funding of public schools in the past decade?

A) Statewide taxation is used to fund schools.
B) Only local property taxes fund schools.
C) Federal taxes fund most public schools.
D) Private institutions are funding public schools.

Question 16

What are the reasons why the U.S. educational system is not equal? In what ways is the U.S. educational system unequal?

Question 17

Uri Treisman's research work with black college math majors showed:

A) the unimportance of institutional structure in the math program.
B) the important role of ability in math program success.
C) the importance of collaborative learning in increasing the percentage of black math majors.
D) that there were many more black math majors at the University of Texas than any other group of people.

Question 18

In Germany, schools are divided into:

A) five categories by age groups.
B) three categories-grammar, technical, and vocational.
C) four categories by geography.
D) two tiers.

Question 19

What is the dual nature of the U.S. educational system? How does the educational system attempt to accomplish both objectives?

Question 20

As it relates to public school systems, what is meant by "5-3-4-4," which was common for most communities in the early 2000s?

Question 21

By 2014, the number of students in colleges and universities had increased more than eight times, to more than 60 million.

Question 22

Community colleges are no longer regarded primarily as institutions preparing students to enter four-year colleges.

Question 23

In modern society there is less to learn, so more of the total amount of knowledge can be acquired.

Question 24

Britain has a national curriculum, tested by national exams.

Question 25

Ideally, U.S. education is a fundamental building block of U.S. democracy.

Question 26

In 1994, this act was passed, designed to ban discrimination against girls in school.

A) "Project Education for the Student Act."
B) "Future Schools Act."
C) "Gender Equity in Education Act."
D) "Voluntary Education."

Question 27

Research has found that attending independent schools leads children towards isolation, narrow interests, and poor socialization.

Question 28

The freedom of students and teachers to pursue, discuss, and teach knowledge without hindrance or censorship is called:

A) objectivity.
B) neutrality.
C) academic freedom.
D) cultural conformity.

Question 29

Scores on the SAT from 2011 to 2015:

A) rose sharply.
B) fell in all subject areas.
C) remained the same as the previous ten years.
D) were lowered by forty-five points to help students achieve.

Question 30

Today, almost 100 percent of children from the ages of 5 to 17 are in school at least some days every school year.

Question 31

U.S. public education is designed to teach citizens to be literate so people can learn about politics and public policy to:

A) lose a sense of heritage by all knowing the same history.
B) dislike other people.
C) vote more intelligently and to choose leaders more wisely.
D) make uninformed choices.

Question 32

According to Harriet Bernstein, the word "because" does not appear in most U.S. textbooks before the eighth grade.

Question 33

The school structure of the U.S. is quite different from what is traditional in most countries.

Question 34

Credentializing is a positive term for excellence in education.

Question 35

Thirty percent of all schoolchildren in the U.S. attend private schools.

Question 36

The dual thrust of U.S. education includes the development of both individuality and student:

A) graduation.
B) socialization.
C) processing.
D) validating.

Question 37

Local financing of schools has no effect on the quality of schools.

Question 38

American interest in education goes back to the earliest colonial times.

Question 39

Many argue that the U.S. education system has been characterized by _____ over the past decades.

A) mediocrity
B) excellence
C) international achievement
D) remarkable equality

Question 40

After World War II, the number of two-year colleges rose rapidly.

Question 41

Today, about half of the students who entered college as first-year students failed to get degrees.

Question 42

An important reason why our educational system is not equal is the methods used to fund it.

Question 43

The expression "liberal education" is associated with the attempt to give students a narrow specialized education.

Question 44

The tendency to pass students from grade to grade on the basis of little or no achievement is strengthened by a policy of social promotion.

Question 45

The college curriculum has evolved from an elective system to a rigid system.

Question 46

There are about 45 million U.S. students at all levels of the educational ladder.

Question 47

People learn in different ways, and various groups respond differently to alternative learning environments.

Question 48

The percentage of the U.S. population receiving a high school and college education has decreased since 1960.

Question 49

There is no correlation between the amount of schooling received by children and the income status of their families.

Question 50

A high dropout rate is a problem for the individual and the entire community.

Question 51

The unemployment rate among high school dropouts is roughly the same as for high school graduates.