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Which of the following is NOT associated with the view of schools as tools to reconstruct society? |
| | A) | social action curriculum |
| | B) | service credit |
| | C) | Paulo Freire's The Pedagogy of the Oppressed |
| | D) | acculturation |
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John Goodlad surveyed parents, teachers, and students about the goals of schools. He found that |
| | A) | parents, teachers, and students hold sharply differing views on school goals. |
| | B) | most parents feel social and civic goals should have top priority, whereas teachers overwhelmingly favor academic goals. |
| | C) | parents, teachers, and students rank four main goals (academic, social/civic, vocational, and personal) as "very important." |
| | D) | parents and teachers rate all but personal goals as "very important." |
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The second wave of school reform, as advanced by Theodore Sizer and others, |
| | A) | called for stronger administrators to guide school reform. |
| | B) | had "higher standards" as its rallying cry. |
| | C) | advocated "full service schools." |
| | D) | called for reforming basic school decision-making practices. |
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A Nation at Risk charged that the United States |
| | A) | had been committing "unilateral educational disarmament." |
| | B) | had failed to develop a social action curriculum to fit the times. |
| | C) | needed to have a more child-centered educational policy. |
| | D) | should direct more educational resources to the underprivileged. |
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Researchers studying schools initially identified five relevant factors linked to school effectiveness. Which of the following is NOT part of the five-factor theory of effective schools? |
| | A) | School leaders articulate a clear school mission. |
| | B) | Student progress is carefully monitored. |
| | C) | School personnel hold high expectations for students. |
| | D) | Principals maintain a low profile and let teachers and students find their own educational paths. |
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Recent research on factors shaping effective schools reveals that |
| | A) | for every $1 invested in technology, schools save $6 on remedial instruction. |
| | B) | students in large schools offering many options learn more and are less prone to resort to violence. |
| | C) | investments in teacher training show positive effects on student achievement. |
| | D) | students in large classes perform as well as students in smaller classes, at least when a teacher's aide is present. |
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Which of the following is most closely associated with the goal of desegregating schools? |
| | A) | charter schools |
| | B) | vouchers |
| | C) | magnet schools |
| | D) | for-profit schools |
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In the 1950s, Milton Friedman began advocating freedom of choice in education. He believed |
| | A) | students should have ultimate flexibility in determining class schedules. |
| | B) | teachers should choose their curricula from within broad district guidelines. |
| | C) | parents should be able to choose where to send their children to school. |
| | D) | students should be able to choose between an academic and vocational track. |
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Vouchers can now be used for private religious education because of |
| | A) | open enrollment policies. |
| | B) | A Nation at Risk |
| | C) | Zelman v. Simmons-Harris |
| | D) | Lemon v. Kurtzman |
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Which of the following statements does NOT describe the Virtual High School? |
| | A) | It basically operates on a barter system. |
| | B) | It offers asynchronous education to students across the country. |
| | C) | It meets five times a week for three hours at a time. |
| | D) | It can be "attended" by students whether or not they have a computer at home. |
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The neighborhood public school is |
| | A) | losing millions of students annually to home schooling. |
| | B) | experiencing enrollment increases as charters and magnet schools flounder. |
| | C) | no longer accepting money from commercial donors because of the Zelman v. Simmons-Harris ruling. |
| | D) | still supported by most Americans who prefer reforming rather than eliminating public education. |
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In Jonathan Kozol's writings and in his stand against vouchers, he rails against |
| | A) | lax educational standards that threaten our nation's economic future. |
| | B) | inequalities in our educational system. |
| | C) | social action curriculum that diminishes academic standards. |
| | D) | slavish devotion to a wrong-headed idea of student-centered education. |
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The largest for-profit venture in public schools is |
| | A) | Edison Schools. |
| | B) | Tesseract (formerly Educational Alternative Incorporated). |
| | C) | Disney's "Celebration." |
| | D) | Microsoft's "Schools of Tomorrow." |
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Researcher Van Galen divides home schoolers into two groups: |
| | A) | disaffected teachers and recent immigrants. |
| | B) | ideologues and pedagogues. |
| | C) | "Romantic critics" and scofflaws. |
| | D) | overachievers and fundamentalists. |
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