Deck 7: Education

Question 1

Commodity egalitarianism suggests that some goods be available to everyone.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

Under school voucher systems,financial support goes to

A)to the school.
B)to the state.
C)to the city.
D)to the family.

Answer 2

to the family.

Question 3

Reducing class size will

A)improve student test scores.
B)decrease student test scores.
C)have no impact on student test scores.
D)have an undetermined impact on test scores.

Answer 3

have an undetermined impact on test scores.

Question 4

Publicly provided education is generally considered

A)a public good that generates positive externalities.
B)not to be a public good that generates negative externalities.
C)not to be a public good that generates positive externalities.
D)a public good that generates negative externalities.

Question 5

Between 2003 and 2004 real annual expenditure per pupil in public elementary and secondary schools

A)increased by $102.
B)decreased by $701.
C)did not change.
D)increased by $701.

Question 6

Government subsidies for education are motivated by

A)concerns over disease.
B)concerns over creating jobs for teachers.
C)concerns over equity.
D)concerns over choice.

Question 7

The presence of positive externalities _____ justify the current structure of government programs for higher education.

A)should
B)does
C)should not
D)does not.

Question 8

_________ is the investment that individuals make in education,training,and health care that raise their productive capacity.

A)Capital market
B)Human capital
C)Human engineering
D)Private good production

Question 9

Vouchers allow students to

A)get free lunches at public schools.
B)go to public schools at reduced rates.
C)receive discounts on school supplies like pens and paper.
D)all of the above
E)none of the above

Question 10

Education is one of the few areas of study in your text that do not require the use of public finance.

Question 11

In 2007 ___________ had the highest annual expenditures on public and private schools per student.

A)Spain
B)France
C)United States
D)Japan

Question 12

Some critics have argued that moving children to private schools might reduce the _________ of education.

A)pure public goods aspect
B)positive externalities
C)size of library holdings
D)size of teachers unions influence

Question 13

Crowding out occurs when public provision of a good substitutes for private provision.

Question 14

Since the 1960s,SAT scores have been

A)falling.
B)rising.
C)stayed the same.
D)none of the above.

Question 15

Charter schools

A)are public schools.
B)operate under special state government charters.
C)can experiment with a variety of approaches to education.
D)have some independence in making spending and hiring decisions.
E)all of the above.

Question 16

Merit pay for teachers has a _________ on test student test scores.

A)positive
B)negative
C)undetermined
D)none of the above

Question 17

Public provision of education might

A)cause property values to fall.
B)crowd out private provision.
C)decrease local taxes.
D)none of the above.

Question 18

The federal government subsidizes higher education

A)less than primary and secondary education.
B)more than primary and secondary education.
C)about the same as primary and secondary education.
D)because it does not subsidize primary and secondary education.

Question 19

There is no correlation between more years of schooling and increased earnings.

Question 20

Standardized tests are used in efforts to

A)save on paper waste.
B)make schools more accountable.
C)give teachers more time off.
D)shorten school hours.

Question 21

Standardized tests are used in efforts to make schools more accountable.

Question 22

Increasing the amount of annual per pupil expenditures has helped in increasing student performance.What could make that improvement better?

Question 23

Does increasing reliance on student loans distort students career choices?

Question 24

Assume that the budget constraint in Figure 7.1 panel A is: P_EE +P_AA = I,where I is total income and _PE is the price of education and P_A is the price of all other goods.If U(E,A)= A+E,P_E = 2,P_A = 1,and I = 10 what is the quantity of education and all other goods consumed?
If the price of education drops to 1,how much of the two goods are consumed now?

Question 25

A criticism of market-oriented schemes say that consumers may not be well informed.

Question 26

Assume that the budget constraint in Figure 7.1 panel A is: P_EE +P_AA = I,where I is total income and _PE is the price of education and P_A is the price of all other goods.If U(E,A)= A+E,P_E = 2,P_A = 1,and I = 10 what is the quantity of education and all other goods consumed?

Question 27

Do you believe that class size reductions will help student performance?

Question 28

Standardized tests do not receive universal acceptance as being helpful in making schools more accountable.Discuss why.

Question 29

Refer to Table 7.1 in your text.By what percentage does real annual expenditures in public elementary and secondary schools rise between 1980 and 1985? Between 1995 and 2000? What can be said about the rate of change?

Question 30

In Figure 7.1,Panel B shows free public schooling leading to less education.