EDFO 420 Final Exam
A Nation at Risk Correct Answer: - Under Reagan
- America was falling behind in technology
- Needed to increase testing & accountability based on tests
- Goal to privative edu & rid of dept of edu
Reform after Reagan Correct Answer: - Cut dept of edu
- Gave tax credit to private schools
- Prayer back in schools
- Mandated standardized tests
- Less criticism of teachers
- More parent involvement
The Voucher Movement Correct Answer: - Parents choose which school their money goes to
- Public schools now compete with each other
Head Start (1965) Correct Answer: - Help pre-schoolers of low-income families
- Provides healthcare, parental involvement, edu, & social services
- Grads
Privitization Correct Answer: - Some responsibilities from the government to the private organizations
to be more efficient & less expensive
Charter Schools Correct Answer: - Invented to collaborate & help motivate disengaged students
- Now competitors of public schools
Sputnik Correct Answer: - 1957, instigated a fear in the US that they were losing the space race.
- The US felt that schools weren't preparing kids well enough in math and science
- Led to the passing of NDEA
America 2000: An Education Strategy Correct Answer: - George HW Bush
- 6 goals (all unrealistic) & didn't provide a teaching path
- Push vouchers & voluntary testing programs (also realistic)
- Breakdown of Soviet Union and first gulf war
Goals 2000: Educate America Act Correct Answer: - William J. Clinton
- Professional development
- More parental involvement
- Lowered intensity of criticism against teachers
- Cut Pell grants but increased student loans
- Luinski: House was different than his party...republican/democrat
No Child Left Behind (2001) (NCLB) Correct Answer: - To increase accountability standards of schools
- Mandated testing (not voluntary)
- Tests require all students (of all backgrounds) meet the same standards/benchmarks
, - Schools lacking had consequences
Cultural Literacy Correct Answer: - What the average American citizen should know
- Argued a model that focuses on a common western cultural heritage
Site-based Management Correct Answer: - School level management, often by admin, teachers
(community councils)
- Can create conflict between teachers & administration
Manufactured Crisis Correct Answer: - David Berliner
- Found "A Nation at risk" to be lies & there was no decline in student performance
Drop-out Rates Correct Answer: - Large spike during no child left behind
Diversity Penalty Correct Answer: - The more diverse your school is the more the school is set up for
failure.
- "Failure" happens as the states raise their proficiency levels to a national benchmark set far above
grade level.
One Way Accountability Correct Answer: - The child and school are accountable to the state for test
performance but the state is not held accountable to the child or school or providing adequate
educational resources.
Funding Correct Answer: - Started going towards charter & private schools
- Didn't meet needs of under-resourced schools
- Law doesn't require states to show adequate funding or greater opportunities to learn
U.S. Compared Internationally Correct Answer: - 28th out of 40 countries
- 75% graduation rate vs. other countries 95%+ grad rate
Marshall Plan for Teaching Correct Answer: - $3 billion, or less than 1 week in Iraq, the nation could
underwrite the high quality of preparation of 40000 teachers annually, which is enough to fill all of the
vacancies taken by unprepared teachers each year.
Message of "Waiting for Superman" Correct Answer: - Public education is a failed enterprise
- The problem is not money, it's bad teachers
- Public schools are bad, privately managed charter schools are good
CREDO Study Correct Answer: - Looked at student progress on math tests of 5,000 charter schools and
concluded:
> 17% were superior to public schools
> 37% were worse than public schools
> 47% had no difference
Teacher quality accounts for what percent of test score gains Correct Answer: - 7.5 - 10%
- 10 - 20% general consensus among researchers
Relationship between charter schools and public schools Correct Answer: - Both are public schools
A Nation at Risk Correct Answer: - Under Reagan
- America was falling behind in technology
- Needed to increase testing & accountability based on tests
- Goal to privative edu & rid of dept of edu
Reform after Reagan Correct Answer: - Cut dept of edu
- Gave tax credit to private schools
- Prayer back in schools
- Mandated standardized tests
- Less criticism of teachers
- More parent involvement
The Voucher Movement Correct Answer: - Parents choose which school their money goes to
- Public schools now compete with each other
Head Start (1965) Correct Answer: - Help pre-schoolers of low-income families
- Provides healthcare, parental involvement, edu, & social services
- Grads
Privitization Correct Answer: - Some responsibilities from the government to the private organizations
to be more efficient & less expensive
Charter Schools Correct Answer: - Invented to collaborate & help motivate disengaged students
- Now competitors of public schools
Sputnik Correct Answer: - 1957, instigated a fear in the US that they were losing the space race.
- The US felt that schools weren't preparing kids well enough in math and science
- Led to the passing of NDEA
America 2000: An Education Strategy Correct Answer: - George HW Bush
- 6 goals (all unrealistic) & didn't provide a teaching path
- Push vouchers & voluntary testing programs (also realistic)
- Breakdown of Soviet Union and first gulf war
Goals 2000: Educate America Act Correct Answer: - William J. Clinton
- Professional development
- More parental involvement
- Lowered intensity of criticism against teachers
- Cut Pell grants but increased student loans
- Luinski: House was different than his party...republican/democrat
No Child Left Behind (2001) (NCLB) Correct Answer: - To increase accountability standards of schools
- Mandated testing (not voluntary)
- Tests require all students (of all backgrounds) meet the same standards/benchmarks
, - Schools lacking had consequences
Cultural Literacy Correct Answer: - What the average American citizen should know
- Argued a model that focuses on a common western cultural heritage
Site-based Management Correct Answer: - School level management, often by admin, teachers
(community councils)
- Can create conflict between teachers & administration
Manufactured Crisis Correct Answer: - David Berliner
- Found "A Nation at risk" to be lies & there was no decline in student performance
Drop-out Rates Correct Answer: - Large spike during no child left behind
Diversity Penalty Correct Answer: - The more diverse your school is the more the school is set up for
failure.
- "Failure" happens as the states raise their proficiency levels to a national benchmark set far above
grade level.
One Way Accountability Correct Answer: - The child and school are accountable to the state for test
performance but the state is not held accountable to the child or school or providing adequate
educational resources.
Funding Correct Answer: - Started going towards charter & private schools
- Didn't meet needs of under-resourced schools
- Law doesn't require states to show adequate funding or greater opportunities to learn
U.S. Compared Internationally Correct Answer: - 28th out of 40 countries
- 75% graduation rate vs. other countries 95%+ grad rate
Marshall Plan for Teaching Correct Answer: - $3 billion, or less than 1 week in Iraq, the nation could
underwrite the high quality of preparation of 40000 teachers annually, which is enough to fill all of the
vacancies taken by unprepared teachers each year.
Message of "Waiting for Superman" Correct Answer: - Public education is a failed enterprise
- The problem is not money, it's bad teachers
- Public schools are bad, privately managed charter schools are good
CREDO Study Correct Answer: - Looked at student progress on math tests of 5,000 charter schools and
concluded:
> 17% were superior to public schools
> 37% were worse than public schools
> 47% had no difference
Teacher quality accounts for what percent of test score gains Correct Answer: - 7.5 - 10%
- 10 - 20% general consensus among researchers
Relationship between charter schools and public schools Correct Answer: - Both are public schools
