Education and Economic Development Act (EEDA) Quiz
Review the PowerPoint presentation “South Carolina’s EEDA and the Personal Pathways to
Success” in the EEDA folder posted on the Internship link in Bb. (The EEDA Performance
Standards are listed on slides 10 and 11.) Take the EEDA online quiz. After the quiz, your score
will be displayed. If you do not score 75% or above, you must take the quiz again. Choose only
one answer to each question.
1. What is the primary intent of the EEDA legislation?
A. To give South Carolina students better guidance counseling services in high school
B. To raise the achievement of South Carolina students in elementary school
C. To halt tracking practices among all South Carolina schools
D. To better prepare South Carolina students with educational tools they need to build
successful futures for postsecondary study and 21st century careers
2. The SC Career Guidance and Counseling Program Model provides a comprehensive
guidance/counseling program for students to have the opportunity to develop in three ways:
A. Learning to speak, learning to write, and learning to read
B. Learning to drive, learning to shop, and learning to budget
C. Learning to learn, learning to work, and learning to live
D. Learning to model, learning about others, and learning good decision-making skills
3. Health Science, Business Management and Administration, A/V Technology and
Communications, and Finance are just four of the 16 Career Clusters. Career Clusters are:
A. courses organized around occupations
B. intended to help students work towards a career goal
C. intended to connect academic learning with job-related skills
D. all of the above
4. The Individual Graduation Plan (IGP):
A. is a road map that guides students toward their education, career or employment goals
B. includes academic coursework and out-of-classroom learning opportunities related to the
student’s cluster of study
C. is flexible and can change based on a student’s aspirations, abilities and interests
D. all of the above
5. An appropriate activity for elementary aged children would be to:
A. Explain the relationship between personal qualities, school success, life-style, and career
choices
B. Identify different kinds of work
C. Translate the importance of interpersonal relationships and demonstrate positive interaction
with others
D. Become aware of the products and services utilized by local employers
6. What is the goal of the South Carolina Comprehensive Developmental Guidance and
Counseling Program Model?
A. To create a list of standards that will be followed by guidance counselors in schools
B. To make students aware of the world of work, explore career options, and prepare for postsecondary opportunities
C. To bring a cohesive program of guidance to all South Carolina schools
D. To raise the achievement of South Carolina students in mathematics and science
7. The primary goal of character education is:
A. To teach children to become morally responsible, self-disciplined, citizens
B. To create an engaging curriculum that works with anger, projection, and depression
C. To increase a teacher’s skill in behavior management
D. To engage students in hands-on, active learning that increases their knowledge and
awareness about the environment
8. At what grade level do students first write their Individual Graduation Plan (IGP)?
A. Kindergarten
B. 4th
C. 8th
D. 12th
9. An appropriate activity for middle level students would be to:
A. Identify aptitudes, interests, and strengths through career assessments and/or checklists
B. Recognize that men and women can have the same work
C. Describe the workers in their community
D. Describe the process of being a good worker
10. An appropriate activity for high school students would be to:
A. Define what work/job/career means.
B. Participate in an internship or apprenticeship.
C. Distinguish which work activities in the school environment are done by specific people.
D. Explore personal skills and talents.
11. Ms. Washington’s 6th grade students have been working for several days to calculate the
cost per square foot to build a new Harris Teeter grocery store at Market Common. Which
one of the following EEDA Performance Standards is Ms. Washington most likely meeting?
A. one
B. two
C. three
D. five
12. Mr. Valdez has 24 students in his 9th grade English class. Each student is planning to write
an essay about his or her dream job. Mr. Valdez has asked students to work in small groups
according to their career clusters to develop a graphic organizer depicting education and skills
needed for jobs in which they are interested. This activity covers EEDA standard(s)
A. two
B. six
C. seven
D. all of the above