Question 1

Which of the following is generally considered a positive aspect of the teaching profession?

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The ability to influence the lives of young people

Question 2

Alice is a teacher who has just finished her fourth year of teaching. At the end of that year, Alice was informed that she would be granted tenure. From this point, Alice can expect

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Protection from arbitrary dismissal

Question 3

Normal schools were important because they

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represented the earliest form of professional teacher education

Question 4

To demonstrate their expertise, teachers undergoing NBPTS certification must

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demonstrate understanding of the most effective teaching methods

Question 5

Unlike traditional teacher preparation programs, alternative teaching programs

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Focus on apprenticeships and on-the-job training.

Question 6

The goal of the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards is to

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assess and certify highly competent teachers.

Question 7

Horace Mann helped establish the first

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state-supported normal school.

Question 8

Jean is a new teacher at the end of her second year. When she meets with her principal to discuss her performance for the year and her assignment for the following school year, the principal will probably rely on Jean\'s

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evaluative observations.

Question 9

When teachers initially enter the classroom environment, their primary focus tends to be

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survival.

Question 10

Compared to resumes, portfolios

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take a more creative approach to highlighting a candidate\'s skills.

Question 11

Helena believes that her main goal as a teacher is to transfer the knowledge and values that her students will need to do well when they graduate and move into society. She strives to have her students learn to be academically proficient and to instill her students with values such as respect, diligence, and practicality. Based on what you have learned, Helena would rely on

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teacher-centered philosophies.

Question 12

An essentialist would argue that essentialism

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is an effective way to help develop a common culture among Americans.

Question 13

As a teacher, Richard wants his students to develop rational thought and think rigorously. He feels that he should prepare his brightest students for future leadership and responsibility, and he wants to prepare his other students to be good at whatever jobs they do after graduation. For his college-bound students, he urges them to choose liberal arts schools that allow students to pursue truth, beauty, and wisdom as opposed to \"simply getting a piece of paper that leads to a job.\" Based on what you have learned, Richard\'s views represent

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perennialism.

Question 14

Progressivism\'s foremost educational advocate was

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John Dewey.

Question 15

John Dewey founded a famous experimental school to test his ideas. That school was

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the Laboratory School.

Question 16

If you were to walk into a progressivist classroom, you would find teachers

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acting as facilitators for their students.

Question 17

Unlike existentialists, ________ believe that free will is an illusion and that human nature is shaped by the environment.

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behaviorists

Question 18

The use of a system of positive reinforcement to encourage desired behavior is based on

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behaviorism.

Question 19

The Socratic method involves

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questioning the student to draw out answers.

Question 20

A key aspect of teaching in a constructivist classroom is

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understanding each student\'s prior knowledge and understanding.

Question 21

Education became a state responsibility through the

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Tenth Amendment.

Question 22

Which of the following BEST describes the influence of the federal government on education?

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Although the Constitution prescribes no clear role for the federal government in education, federal influence is strong and growing.

Question 23

The name most closely associated with progressive education is

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John Dewey.

Question 24

The decision outlawing racial segregation in schools was

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Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka.

Question 25

The name most closely associated with the common school movement is

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Horace Mann.

Question 26

In early colonial times, education was aimed at

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saving souls through religious instruction

Question 27

Benjamin Franklin\'s Academy upheld all of the following principles regarding education EXCEPT that

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education should be available to all children regardless of economic class

Question 28

Which one of the following features of U.S. education today CANNOT be traced to colonial times?

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teacher competency tests

Question 29

The \"Old Deluder Satan Law\" of 1647 required that

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Massachusetts provide education for young people.

Question 30

The common school movement represented

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the effort to establish public elementary schooling

Question 31

Local communities raise most of their educational revenues through

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property tax.

Question 32

Which of the following best describes the system of funding U.S. schools?

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very decentralized, with local and state governments bearing most of the costs

Question 33

In the last fifty years or so, state funding for schools

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has increased dramatically

Question 34

What was the importance of Edgewood v. Kirby?

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A state supreme court found that gross differences in per-pupil expenditures violated the state constitution.

Question 35

Which of the following declared education a fundamental right under California state law and led to a wave of reform in state funding of schools?

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Serrano v. Priest

Question 36

An \"adequate education\"

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focuses on educational outcomes

Question 37

State governments typically do NOT

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hire school personnel

Question 38

The bond method of financing

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creates a government loan for infrastructure needs.

Question 39

How much of the cost of public education does the federal government typically fund?

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less than 10 percent

Question 40

What are the biggest sources of state funding for schools?

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sales and personal income taxes

Question 41

In San Antonio v. Rodriguez, the Supreme Court decided that

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the then-current finance system did not violate the U.S. Constitution.

Question 42

State constitutions guarantee the right to an \"adequate education\" including all the following characteristics EXCEPT

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uniform statewide test scores.

Question 43

What does Education Secretary Arne Duncan\'s \"Race to the Top\" competition set aside funding for?

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states with the most innovative plans for improving their schools

Question 44

under the American Recovery and Revitalization Act, a failing school that is \"reconstituted\" would

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be closed and reopened with significant changes, a new principal, and new teachers

Question 45

A call for accountability in schools means that people want

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evidence that increased financial support results in educational progress.

Question 46

Individual states retain responsibility for education due to the

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Tenth Amendment.

Question 47

The chief state school officer manages

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implementation of the policies of the board of education.

Question 48

Local school board members tend to be

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white, male, and middle or upper class.

Question 49

A school superintendent

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is the most powerful education officer in the district.

Question 50

The influence of the business community in America\'s schools can best be characterized as

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extensive and growing.

Question 51

It is illegal for prospective employers to question an applicant\'s

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age

Question 52

Which statement best describes the use of corporal punishment in U.S. education?

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Corporal punishment is legal in some states and prohibited in others.

Question 53

School teachers who participate in strikes

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are prohibited in over half of states, but in practice are rarely prosecuted.

Question 54

A teacher who suspects a child is the victim of child abuse

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has both an ethical responsibility and a legal responsibility to report the suspected abuse.

Question 55

The principle of spontaneity can protect a teacher who uses a published work as a teaching tool if

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the teacher has an inspiration to use a work but no time to receive permission

Question 56

When a teacher\'s private life is called into question by the courts, a governing principle that determines whether or not the teacher may be dismissed is often

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whether there is substantial disruption of the educational process.

Question 57

The principle protecting a teacher\'s right to teach without coercion, censorship, or other restrictive interference

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is known as \"academic freedom.\"

Question 58

A child who is expelled for bringing nail clippers to school is probably feeling the consequence of

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a zero-tolerance policy.

Question 59

The Buckley Amendment ensures the rights of ________ to access educational records

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parents and guardians

Question 60

A teacher being fired for creating timely lesson plans about ethnic and religious differences would most likely be able to regain his or her job based on

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academic freedom.

Question 61

The sequence of planned learning experiences described in course guides and syllabi is called

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the formal curriculum or explicit curriculum

Question 62

A major difference between the formal and the hidden curriculum is

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the hidden curriculum arises spontaneously from interactions between students and their environments.

Question 63

The formal curriculum of the 17th century was primarily concerned with

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religion and reading.

Question 64

The strong emphasis on the basics and academics during the 1980s was due to

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lower test scores, coupled with critical reports about the American education system.

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