Quiz 1
Education in Modern Society
Form A
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1. What is the difference between a formative assessment and a summative assessment?
a. formative is what you can show and do; summative is for practice
b. formative is for practice; summative is what you can show and do
c. formative is your portfolio; summative is your quiz
d. there is no difference
2. What does INTASC stand for?
a. Interstate New Teacher Assessment Support Consortium
b. Informational National Teachers Association for Student Curricula
c. In-state New Teacher Association Standards Committee
d. none of the above
3. A disposition refers to:
a. a physical weakness inhibiting successful teaching
b. the style and methods a professional uses in everyday work
c. the values that a teacher must possess
d. the values, commitments, and professional ethics that influence beliefs, attitudes, and behaviors
4. You get teaching licensure:
a. anywhere
b. in the state you want to teach in
c. at the Department of Motor Vehicles
d. at the University you attended
5. Culture:
a.
b.
c.
d.
is taught to you in school
is passed down from generation to generation
remains in one generation
is found in the Biology lab room
6. The 3rd wave is also known as:
a. the agricultural age
b. the industrial age
c. the information age
d. the cultural age
7. Socioeconomic status is a condition based on:
a. income, occupation, and educational attainment
b. class level, credentials, and social rank
c. education, gender, and personal investment
d. human capital, cultural capital, and diversity
8. World class standards are what need to be met to be at a high competitive performance level whereas read world
standards are what enable an individual to live independently.
a. True
b. False
9. A norm referenced test:
a. Compares a student’s performance to a norm group of similar individuals
b.Averages a series of tests taken by a student
c.Compares a student’s performance with a specific type of criteria
d.Adequately measures everything a student knows and can do
10.A criterion referenced test:
a. Is given only to students who fit a certain profile
b. Compares a student’s performance with a specific type of criteria
c. Is similar to the ACT or SAT exams given to high school seniors
d. Takes a student’s performance and compares to a group of similar individuals
11. The percentage of children in the United States in poverty is:
a. 50%
b. 16%
c. 8%
d. 32%
12. Race is:
a.
b.
c.
d.
determined by DNA
a social construction
determined by your mother and father
a color
13. The “how” of teaching and learning is:
a. curriculum
b. pedagogy
c. hegemony
d. harmony
14. The ESEA stands for:
a. Educational System of Environment Applications
b. Esteemed Society for Educators Abroad
c. Elementary and Secondary Education Act
d. Educators of Secondary Education Association
15. The first 3-5 years of teaching is known as:
a. the induction period
b. the inauguration period
c. the trial and error period
d. the stressed out period
16. A feral child is one who:
a. grew up in the South
b. is part of a distinct minority group
c. grew up without culture
d. has both female and male anatomy
17. What the dominant culture values is known as:
a. popular culture
b. cultural capital
c. economic capital
d. majority culture
18. 1/3 of students in the U.S. are students of color:
a. True
b. False
19. The difference between prejudice and discrimination is that:
a. prejudice is a behavior and discrimination is an attitude.
b. prejudice is an attitude and discrimination is a behavior.
c. prejudice is learned behavior while discrimination is not.
d. none of the above.
20.A teacher shortage exists in the United States in all of the following areas except:
a. Rural cities
b. Inner cities
c. The Southwest region
d. Suburbs
21.A shortage of teachers exits in all of the following teaching fields except:
a.. English
b. Bilingual education
c. Special education
d. Math and science education
22. Supervising a teacher's continuing development is the responsibility of the:
a. State/school district
b State licensing authority
c. Federal government
d. NCATE
23.Teachers may receive pay raises for all of these reasons except:
a. Cost of living increase
b. Quality of living
c. .Level of education achieved
d. Years of experience
24.Which Amendment to the Constitution of the United States makes Education a state’s right?
a. First
b.Third
c.Tenth
d.Fourteenth
25. The belief that members of one's own group are superior to the members of other groups is called:
a. ethnocentrism
b. racism
c. sexism
d. prejudice
26. The percentage of children who live with a single parent is:
a. 15
b. 25
c. 5
d. 50
27. What percentage of fifteen-year-old high school students are working during the school year?
a. 44
b. 60
c. 15
d. none of the above
28. The ethnic group most likely to drop out of school is:
a. African American
b. Asian American
c. Hispanic
d. Native American
29. Saying the Pledge of Allegiance in class is an example of which purpose of school?
a. cultural transmission
b. citizenship
c. nationalism
d. academic competence
30. The purpose of school is:
a. academic achievement
b. cultural transmission
c. social development
d. all of the above
31. Although there is little agreement regarding what values should be taught in schools, a Montessori school has
successfully incorporated universal values into its curriculum in the town of:
a. Florence, Italy
b. Lucknow, India
c. Minneapolis, Minnesota
d. Providence, Rhode Island
32. The hidden curriculum is the norms and values that define expectations for student behavior and attitudes and that
undergird the curriculum and operations of schools.
a. true
b. false
33. The new Commissioner of Education in Minnesota, approved on January 20, 2005, is:
a. Sharon Yecke
b. Alice Seagran
c. Donald Trump
d. Frank Guldbrandsen
34. The new Commissioner of Education at the Federal Level is:
a.
b.
c.
d.
Margaret Spellings
Jesse Ventura
Sharon Yecke
Karen Plass
35. The final step in assimilation is _________________. This is when a minority group has full interaction, including
marriage, with the dominant group in society.
a.
b.
c.
d.
the Final Solution.
full inclusion.
structural assimilation.
none of the above
36. Power is the key to defining the dominant culture of a society.
a. True
b. False
37. __________ are the roads to assimilation.
a.
b.
c.
d.
Shopping Malls
Schools
Churches
Newspapers
38. ____________ is the most important factor in determining teenage pregnancies.
a.
b.
c.
d.
Poverty
Abuse
Neglect
Drugs
39. About _________ of all homeless Americans have jobs.
a.
b.
c.
d.
one-half
two-thirds
one-fifth
zero percent
40. Sixty percent of child abuse is:
a.
b.
c.
d.
Physical Abuse
Sexual Abuse
Neglect
Verbal Abuse.
41. A woman discriminating against a man is not seen as sexism because:
a.
b.
c.
d.
men like it.
women do not hold the power.
behavior like that from women is generally ignored.
men do not hold the power.
42. Socioeconomic status is a condition based on:
a.
b.
c.
d.
income, occupation, and educational attainment
class level, credentials, social rank
education, gender, and personal investment
human capital, cultural capital, and diversity
43. Teachers are required by law to report any suspected child abuse of their students. This includes physical and
sexual abuse as well as neglect.
a.
b.
True
False
44. The conscious or unconscious belief that racial differences make one group superior to another group is also known
as:
a.
b.
c.
d.
discrimination
otherness
prejudice
racism
45. Gender is a social construction.
a.
b.
True
False
46. Race is no longer accepted as a scientific concept for classifying people:
a.
b.
True
False
47. The No Child Left Behind Act is a re-authorization of the:
a.
b.
c.
d.
Real World Standards Act.
Elementary and Secondary Education Act.
National Student Credential Act.
It is not a re-authorization of anything.
48. Title IX of the 1972 Education Amendments:
a.
b.
c.
d.
49.
addresses the civil rights of women in the education system
addresses the civil rights of women in the work place
addresses the civil rights of African Americans in the education system
addresses the civil rights of men in the education system
ESL refers to:
a.
b.
c.
d.
Emergency Substitute License
Elementary and Secondary Legislation
English as a Second Language
Ebonics Systematic Legislation
50. I have test:
a.
b.
Form A
Form B