Which of the following was a principal aim of the No Child Left Behind Act?
a. Make schools accountable for the success or failure of their students.
b. Ensure the gaps that plague education in the United States.
c. Create a common core of standard before the states did.
d. Increase teachers' flexibility to teach however they think best.
Question 2What education act was signed by George W. Bush in 2001 in an effort to standardize public education in the United States?
a. Higher Education Opportunity Act
b. Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act
c. The Common Core
d. No Child Left Behind
Question 3In 1991 Albert _____, former president of the American Federation of Teachers, pointed out that unlike many other countries, in the United States there is little connection between what students are supposed to learn,
the knowledge on which they are assessed, and what we expect our teachers to know.
a. de Salvo
b. Einstein
c. Shanker
d. Schweitzer
Question 4In the United States there are 14,000 school districts across the 50 states. However, until the current millennium, there had been no attempt to
a. measure graduation rates.
b. develop a standardized curriculum.
c. reduce the percentage of truant children.
d. research educational theory.
Question 5Despite the arguments about whether boys or girls are being failed more by the schools, the fact remains that for every statistic that indicates a gender gap, there is an even larger gap by
a. social class and race.
b. earning power.
c. age.
d. gender identity.