Misc Terms

Question 1

SEL

Answer 1

Social & Emotional Learning

Question 2

ESSA

Answer 2

Every Student Succeeds Act

Question 3

NCLB

Answer 3

No Child Left Behind Act

Question 4

Every Student Succeeds Act

Answer 4

a US law passed in December 2015 that governs the United States K–12 public education policy. The law replaced its predecessor, the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB), and modified but did not eliminate provisions relating to the periodic standardized tests given to students.

Question 5

ALEC

Answer 5

American Legislative Exchange Council

Question 6

Special Needs Scholarship Program Act

Answer 6

carves out vouchers for students with special needs, regardless of family income. Nine states—Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Missouri, Mississippi, North Carolina, New York, Oklahoma, and Rhode Island—considered similar legislation in 2015, or expanded existing laws. This bill uses taxpayer funds to send vulnerable children to for-profit schools not bound by federal and state legal requirements to meet a student’s special needs that public schools must follow.

Question 7

Bradley Foundation

Answer 7

one of the top school privatization funders in the country, has spent more than $31 million promoting “school choice” nationwide between 2001 and 2012. For decades, Bradley has also been a major ALEC funder bankrolling ALEC operations and key reports. The foundation has over $800 million in assets and has been headed for many years by Michael Grebe, Governor Scott Walker’s longtime campaign co-chair (he is retiring in mid-2016).

Question 8

PISA

Answer 8

Programme for International Student Assessment

Question 9

Urtext

Answer 9

an original or the earliest version of a text, to which later versions can be compared.