Deck 12: School Reform

Question 1

Which of the following are true about market-based school reform? Select all that apply.

A)Many of the companies that provide charter schools or manage schools for public schools have made high profits.
B)Universities are encountering competition from private organizations.
C)There is little evidence that for-profit schools achieve better results than public schools.
D)One of the advantages that for-profit schools have over public schools is that they have more money available at startup to meet their needs.
E)Charter school reforms are now legal in every state.

Answer 1

B,C,D

Question 2

Which of the following reflects rationale of influential writers and economists for market-based school reform? Select all that apply.

A)Individuals will make a rational choice in their own economic self interest.
B)Competition from other schools will cause all schools to improve.
C)Public schools have not worked and therefore should be abandoned.
D)Students will be offered curriculum that will be of interest to them.
E)The better teachers will gravitate toward the market-based schools that have higher performance.

Answer 2

A,B,C

Question 3

Select all that are true about the standards-based education reform movement.

A)Because of the movement,Local Education Agencies have greater control of education than previously.
B)It uses similar rationale as market-based reform.
C)Proponents of standards-based education have focused a great deal of attention on the effects of testing on students.
D)It is essentially a political strategy to reform schools.
E)It has resulted in high-stakes testing.

Answer 3

D,E

Question 4

Select the individuals who have been supporters of market-based reform.Select all that apply.

A)John Maynard Keynes.
B)Milton Friedman.
C)John Goodlad.
D)John Chubb.
E)Thomas Sowell.

Question 5

The Education Commission of the States report indicated that the approaches it suggested will permit which of the following ideas? Select all that apply.

A)Replacing public schools with Charter schools.
B)Giving parents more choice.
C)Focusing accountability on achievement.
D)Allowing the districts to control the money for schools.
E)Weakening the role of local school boards and strengthening the state control.

Question 6

Define "Response to Intervention" RTI)and briefly describe how it should be implemented.

Question 7

Businesses and individuals who have invested for profit in educational initiatives include which of the following? Select all that apply.

A)Michael Milken.
B)William Bennett.
C)Gerald Bracey.
D)Edison Schools.
E)Coalition of Essential Schools.

Question 8

Select all that are true about research related to the effectiveness of higher standards.

A)A report by the Center for Education Policy CEP)found that from 2002-2008,states had large significant declines in reading and math and that the achievement gap has increased in more states than it narrowed.
B)In general,math and reading scores have improved significantly after No Child Left Behind was passed.
C)In general,math and reading scores have not improved significantly after No Child Left Behind was passed.
D)For the most part,high stakes testing has resulted in a narrowing of the curriculum.
E)For the most part,high stakes testing has resulted in a focus by teachers on critical thinking skills.

Question 9

Select all that are true about whole school reform.

A)Whole school reform efforts in individual schools orchestrated by district offices have not been very successful.
B)Increasing individual school autonomy with district support has a good chance of success.
C)Charter schools have provided excellent models of school reform efforts for public schools.
D)There is little research to support the conclusion that whole schools reforms work.
E)Site-based decision making has been effective when districts relinquish control to the schools in which collaborative problem solving is used.

Question 10

Entitled Governing America's Schools: Changing the Rules identified which of the following approaches for school reform? Select all that apply.

A)Allow charter schools under the control of the school district.
B)Centralize school reform efforts to insure coordinated approaches to school reform.
C)Encourage site-based management with schools having budgetary control.
D)Reform efforts should be district-wide to insure that all children receive equal opportunity.
E)Provide opportunities for parents to choose the best schools for their children.