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1

Currently, renewed interest in "local control" of schools has given the states a back seat in the shaping of curriculum.
A)TRUE
B)FALSE
2

Teachers have little or no freedom to modify or change the curriculum in their own classrooms.
A)TRUE
B)FALSE
3

When a group such as the National Council for Geographic Education details what students should know and be able to do in geography at each grade level, this is called a performance standard.
A)TRUE
B)FALSE
4

Almost all school districts require regularly scheduled achievement tests, starting in the first grade.
A)TRUE
B)FALSE
5

Students spend approximately 50 percent of classroom time using textbooks.
A)TRUE
B)FALSE
6

Most teachers have never received training in how to evaluate textbooks and other curricular materials.
A)TRUE
B)FALSE
7

Critics have charged that readability formulas have been responsible for "dumbing down" textbooks.
A)TRUE
B)FALSE
8

Fragmentation is a form of bias in which a certain set of characteristics, behaviors, and roles are assigned to a particular group without regard to individual differences.
A)TRUE
B)FALSE
9

The perspective adopted by those who support school censorship is that adults have the right and obligation to protect children from harmful influences.
A)TRUE
B)FALSE
10

The main point of The Saber Tooth Curriculum is that schools need to include an emphasis on religion and morality to balance the heavy focus on materialism and science.
A)TRUE
B)FALSE





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