Which of the following is a criticism of No Child Left Behind (NCLB)?
a. NCLB mandates changes but does not sufficiently fund these changes.
b. The federal government spends more on public education than do the states, yet has little control over the implementation of NCLB.
c. It did not put enough emphasis on testing students, and instead focused on developing curricula.
d. Local school districts are exempt from the mandates of NCLB.
Question -2-Of the following, which is more closely associated with social capital?
a. attitudes
b. awareness
c. interests
d. networks
Question -3-Title IX of the Educational Amendments Acts of 1972 bars schools that receive federal funds from __________.
a. registering students to vote using taxpayer funds
b. offering different sports for men and women
c. discriminating on the basis of sex in admissions, student financial aid, or athletics
d. having men coach women's athletics or having women coach men's athletics
Question -4-Protest is a form of political participation, including Rosa Parks's civil disobedience, Tea Party demonstrations, and Occupy Wall Street marches. In extreme cases, people may feel so strongly about an issue that they would rather fight than accept the verdict of an election. The most extreme example from American history of voters rejecting the outcome of an election is which of the following?
a. Jim Crow laws
b. the civil rights movement
c. Vietnam protests.
d. the American Civil War
Question -5-Which of the following is an example of federal involvement in K12 education?
a. Providing diversity awareness training for teachers.
b. Funding pro-education candidates at the state level.
c. Funding school renovation in economically disadvantaged areas.
d. Providing monetary incentives for state compliance with standardized goals.
Question -6-Which of the following is an advantage of open-ended questions in public opinion polls?
a. They allow respondents to express their views more clearly.
b. They are easier to interpret and analyze than other types of questions.
c. They reduce the margin of error in public opinion polls.
d. They allow survey researchers to increase their sample sizes.
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