As a result of the voucher system, public schools will see

As a result of the voucher system, public schools will see
 
  a. an increase in involved parents.
  b. an increase in striving students.
  c. an increase in the concentration of disruptive students.
  d. an increase in the pressure for improvement in teaching.

Question 2

An explicit goal of the Christian Coalition is to
 
  a. re-establish religious diversity in the schools.
  b. encourage the teaching of evolution.
  c. win control of local school boards.
  d. alter the property tax base in impoverished neighborhoods.

Question 3

A common curriculum means that
 
  a. there is agreement about what students ought to know.
  b. the linkage between curriculum and assessment is ruptured.
  c. there is wide variation in the preparation of students.
  d. all of the above

Question 4

A serious problem with local control is
 
  a. its composition of working-class and blue-collar members.
  b. its anti-religious tenor.
  c. the politicized agenda of its many left-wing ideologues.
  d. the lack of curriculum standardization across the fifty states.

Question 5

Vouchers
 
  a. eliminate competition for students by schools.
  b. set up an educational free market.
  c. can be used only in public schools.
  d. were declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court in 2002.

Question 6

Evidence that the educational system in the United States is moving toward greater fragmentation is
 
  a. the increase in private school enrollments.
  b. the decline in home schooling.
  c. the disappearance of charter schools.
  d. the judicial outlawing of vouchers.

Question 7

People in the United States have a faith in education based on the assumption that
 
  a. all people are created equal.
  b. a democratic society requires an educated citizenry.
  c. American attitudes are the most enlightened.
  d. the culture needs to be changed.