What are the responsibilities of local school boards? How are these responsibilities limited by the state?
What will be an ideal response?
[Ques. 2] _________________ programs often blur the line between private and public schools.
a. Faith-based
b. Charter
c. School choice
d. State funded
[Ques. 3] Which of the following statements best describes the nature of the governance and administration of public schools in the United States?
a. Although the influence of the federal government has begun to increase in recent years, public education is clearly seen as a responsibility of states and local districts.
b. Professional educators have succeeded in wresting control from school boards and legislatures and in establishing their own control over major educational decisions in this country, thus removing much of the politics from the process.
c. Parents and community members have been able to achieve unprecedented levels of influence in public schools in the United States.
d. After about 200 years of public education, it is still very difficult to identify any single group, combination of groups, or level of government that is clearly in charge of public education.
[Ques. 4] Private and parochial schools are not exempt from state legislation concerning
a. curricular content.
b. technology policies.
c. health standards.
d. teacher salaries.
[Ques. 5] When considering school reform, which federal law has had the largest impact on reform since the wave of school reforms in 1957?
a. No Child Left Behind
b. IDEA
c. Great Start
d. No Worker Left Behind
[Ques. 6] The chief state school officer is the chief executive of the
a. intermediate unit.
b. Office of Educational Research and Improvement.
c. state school board.
d. state superintendents' agency.
[Ques. 7] Implementing the laws of the state legislature is the responsibility of the
a. intermediate unit.
b. state board of education.
c. state court system.
d. state department of education.
[Ques. 8] Some of the largest school districts in the nation enroll ____________students in more than ___________ schools.
a. 1,000; 5
b. 10,000; 15
c. 100,000; 150
d. 1,041,000; 1500
[Ques. 9] The functioning of the state department of education is most directly affected by the actions of the
a. congressional representatives.
b. local boards of education.
c. state board of education.
d. superintendents.
[Ques. 10] As described in chapter 7, a 1987 study led by two researchers concluded that an ideal high school should enroll ___________students to be most effective.
a. 250
b. 500
c. 1000
d. 2000
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