1. What was the first federal intervention into public education passed in 1965 which
provides additional funds to schools with high free/reduced lunches? Title I was
created by this federal legislation. __________Elementary and Secondary
Education Act ____________________________
2. __________Head Start________________________________ is the Early
Childhood initiative started in 1965 to provide preschoolers of lower socioeconomic
families with additional instruction in an attempt to prepare them for beginning public
school.
3. _____Affirmative Action____________________________ is the most
controversial, but most effective, method to provide remedies for the negative
repercussions of segregation. This remedy has had a tremendous impact on
eliminating discriminatory practices in the workplace and university.
4. The federal legislation known as _________No Child Left Behind
_______________________ held states and local districts accountable for the
education of all children. This was the first requirement for schools to focus on the
achievement of all subgroups to determine if their schools met Adequate Yearly
Progress.
5. Rank the four student subgroups below from the highest student achievement
scores to the lowest. The four student group choices are: Caucasian,
Hispanic/Latino, African American, Asian Pacific.
1.
2.
3.
4.
Asian Pacific
Caucasian
Hispanic/Latino
African American