The educational reform movement of the 1980s and 1990s contributed to __________________.
a. pressure on districts for increased salaries
b. reductions of benefits for teachers
c. alignment of professional standards
d. awareness of basic rights
[Ques. 2] In 2006, the average teachers salary was ________________ below that of comparable workers.
a. 15 percent
b. 25 percent
c. 35 percent
d. 5 percent
[Ques. 3] What has been a major contributor to the rise in the level of occupational prestige that teachers are rated?
a. increased levels of education and complex nature
b. need for more highly qualified teachers
c. abstract skill and education
d. language acquisition
[Ques. 4] Which of the following organizations has historically most closely represented teacher interests through traditional union activities such as collective bargaining and strikes?
a. American Federation of Teachers
b. National Board for Professional Teaching Standards
c. National Educational Association
d. Phi Delta Kappa
[Ques. 5] Specialized professional organizations generally do not provide
a. regional and national meetings.
b. information on trends and policies.
c. political lobbies at the national and state levels.
d. publications.
[Ques. 6] The AFT does not allow membership of
a. transportation workers.
b. municipal workers.
c. cafeteria employees
d. school administrators.
[Ques. 7] Urban teachers prefer to join the AFT primarily because of the organization's
a. research on urban conditions.
b. provision for membership by administrators.
c. publications directed toward urban teachers.
d. use of traditional union tactics.
[Ques. 8] Merit pay is given to a teacher who has
a. caused student achievement scores to rise.
b. demonstrated superior performance.
c. participated in staff development activities.
d. taught in the district twenty years or more.
[Ques. 9] Your friend Susan found her first year of teaching to be very traumatic. She had great difficulty adjusting to the real world of school, and she felt overwhelmed by how much she had to learn and to handle. Which of the following might have helped her most in avoiding such negative experiences during her initial year of teaching?
a. more pedagogy (methods) courses in her teacher preparation program
b. a fifth-year preparation program
c. a mediated entry program
d. periodic, one-day, in-service training workshops
[Ques. 10] Which of the following presents the greatest obstacle to teachers' gaining the kind of autonomy suggested by the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards?
a. Teachers do not receive training in organizing and running their own professional organizations.
b. Most teachers are not interested in gaining more autonomy in their work.
c. Because education is a public enterprise and a public responsibility, citizens and their elected officials will be slow to turn control over to teachers.
d. The teaching population in the United States is too large and too varied to govern its own professional affairs.
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