Exam 3 Ch 13

Question 1

Who’s responsibility is it to have people be educated?

Answer 1

State governments. There is no standardized system nationally

Question 2

Common School

Answer 2

School where children of all income levels attend at taxpayer expense

Question 3

State Board of Education

Answer 3

Policymaking body for education in each state; appointed by governor

Question 4

How many members do we elect on our education board? For how long do they serve? How many does the governor appoint to be the chair?

Answer 4

15
4 years
1

Question 5

Back to Basics. What do they emphasize?

Answer 5

Movement against modern education ‘fads’.
Reading, writing, arithmetic

Question 6

High-Stakes Standardized Testing…

What is Texas’ standard test?

Answer 6

Elementary and secondary students tested state wide. If they fail they cannot go to next grade.

STAAR

Question 7

Departments of Education

Answer 7

State-level agencies responsible for overseeing public education

Question 8

Teacher Licensure Procedures

Answer 8

Processes states use to qualify teacher candidates to work in school districts

Question 9

Accreditation

Answer 9

Certification process where outside experts visit school to see if it meets standards

Question 10

While regulatory authority over education is concentrated at state level, the actual administration of schools is…?

Answer 10

widely decentralized

Question 11

Local Education Agencies (LEA’s)

Answer 11

School districts, which may encompass cities, counties, or subsets

Question 12

School Districts

Answer 12

Local administrative jurisdictions that hire staff and report to school boards on management of area public schools

Question 13

Texas has ___ districts
Hawaii has ___ districts`

Answer 13

1000

1

Question 14

School Boards

They often lack __ powers but still have to propose __ for approval and also have to hire a ___?

Answer 14

Elected or appointed bodies that determine major policies and budgets for school districts

Taxing powers
budgets
superintendent

Question 15

“Of the roughly $700 billion spent on K-12 education in 2017,
how much did federal revenues account for? What about state and local government?

Answer 15

federal revenues accounted for approximately $60 billion, while
state and local government each contributed over $300 billion”
(379).

Question 16

What is the primary source of funding for public schools?

Answer 16

Local property taxes

Question 17

How many states use lottery funding for education?

How much did the Texas Lottery transfer for education?

Answer 17

27 states

1.972 billion

Question 18

San Antonio ISD vs Rodriguez (1973)

Answer 18

“equal school funding is not a federal constitutional right”

Question 19

“In 2019, polls showed that ___ of
American parents would give the school their child
attends an A or a B. Only __ would give the
nation’s schools an A or a B” (382)

Answer 19

76%

19%

Question 20

What is the most common way school performance is measured?

Answer 20

Standardized test scores

Question 21

“Which states have the best public schools?”

“Every year Education Week puts out a special supplement
called ____ that examines every state public school
system using ____ separate measures” (383)

Answer 21

Quality Counts

39

Question 22

“Which states have the best public schools?”

Where were all the top-ranked school systems? What about bottom-ranked?

Answer 22

Top - Northeast

Bottom - South and Southweset

Question 23

“Which states have the best public schools?”

What type of states are the bottom and top five states? Are the top five states wealthier than the bottom five?

Answer 23

bottom - traditionalistic
top - individualistic/moralistic

top is wealthier

Question 24

National Assessment of Educational Progress/NAEP

Answer 24

A regularly conducted, independent survey started by the federal
government in 1969 of what a nationally represented sample of students
in Grades 4, 8, and 12 know…known as ‘the nation’s report card.’

Question 25

Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS):

Answer 25

– A regularly updated study launched by the United States in 1995 that
compares the performance in science and mathematics of students in 46
countries

Question 26

General Equivalency Diploma (GED) Program:

Answer 26

– A program offering a series of tests that an individual can take to qualify
for a high school equivalency certificate or diploma

Question 27

What is the Average Cohort Graduation Rate (ACGR)?

Answer 27

84%

Question 28

Site-Based Management:

Answer 28

– A movement to increase freedom for building administrators such
as school principals to determine how district funds are spent at
individual schools.

Question 29

Standards Movement:

Answer 29

– An effort to create benchmarks of adequate learning in each subject
for each grade level so that students and teachers can be evaluated
on the mastery of this predetermined material.

Question 30

Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA):

Answer 30

– Federal law passed in 1965…steered federal funds to improve local
schools, particularly those attended primarily by low-income and
minority students.

Question 31

No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB):

Answer 31

– Federal law enacted in January 2002 that introduced new
accountability measures for elementary and secondary schools in
all states receiving federal education aid.

Question 32

Common Core State Standards:

Answer 32

– A 2009 education initiative that has created a uniform
set of learning expectations in English and math for
students at the end of each grade.

Question 33

How many states and territories voluntarily adopted the CCSS (Common Core)?

Answer 33

41 states, DC, 4 US territories

Question 34

By 2020, how many states started to roll back their participation or repeal CCSS (common core)?

Answer 34

20 States

Question 35

“Research has demonstrated that the single
most important factor in student learning –
more than curriculum, family income,
student health, or parental involvement – is

Answer 35

Good teaching

Question 36

All told, roughly____ leave
the profession every year, a loss of expertise
and human capital that costs states and
school districts an estimated $2.2 billion a
year” (389).

Answer 36

13% of teachers

Question 37

How many are homeschooled?

How many are in charter?

Answer 37

home - 4%

charter - 5%

Question 38

Charter Schools

Answer 38

Public schools with unique themes, managed by teachers, principals, social workers, or nonprofit groups

Question 39

in 2018, how many charter schools were in the US and how many students were enrolled?

Answer 39

7000 schools

3 million students

Question 40

School Voucher Movement

How many students were participating in vouchers and what was the average voucher amount?

Answer 40

A movement, dating back to the 1950s, to allow taxpayer
dollars to be given to families for use at whatever public,
private, or parochial school they choose.

Supreme Court ruled in 2002 that religious schools can receive vouchers as long as they focus on education.

In 2019, there were roughly 29,000 students
participating in this program, and the average voucher
received by each student was $7,943” (392).

Question 41

Homeschooling

How many are homeschooled?

How many are taught religious lessons?

Answer 41

The education of children in the home; a movement to
grant waivers from state truancy laws to permit
parents to teach their own children.

• As of 2016, there were more than 1.7 million
  children being homeschooled.
• “30 percent of homeschooling parents surveyed
  wanted the flexibility to teach their children moral
  or religious lessons” (393).

Question 42

Teachers’ Unions:

Answer 42

– Public-sector unions that organize employees at all educational levels to form state and
local affiliates.