Terms

Question 1

Baby Boom

Answer 1

The increase in births after the end of World War II

Question 2

Holocaust-

Answer 2

The mass slaughter of European civilians, especially those of Jewish descent by Nazis during world war II

Question 3

Cold war

Answer 3

A decade long standoff that began in the late 1940’s after world war II when tensions and competition increased between the Soviet Union on one side and the United States and its allies in Western Europe on the other.

Question 4

Civil Rights Movement

Answer 4

A social movement in the United States led primarily by African Americans and their supporters who sought to gain equal rights regardless of race.

Question 5

Global Economy-

Answer 5

Finance international corporations and link trade the economies of nations around the world- particularly those of major countries

Question 6

Accountability

Answer 6

measurable proof that schools and teachers are providing high quality education.

Question 7

Project head start

Answer 7

Federal government program designed to help preschool children from low income families develop skills they need for success in kindergarten and beyond.

Question 8

Bilingual education

Answer 8

Classes taught in two languages.

Question 9

Illiterate

Answer 9

unable to read or write

Question 10

Back to basic movement

Answer 10

A reform movement which emphasized the need for more reading, writing, and math in schools for students to succeed in a complex world

Question 11

Educational standards

Answer 11

Guidelines defining what students at various levels should know and be able to do. Statements about students are expected to know and be able to do at certain points in their education they are set by national organizations, states, many school districts, sometimes called instructional goals.

Question 12

National standards

Answer 12

Performance standards for knowledge and skills to be mastered in subject areas.

Question 13

Competency based education

Answer 13

schools teach toward students demonstrating mastery and achievement of specified knowledge and skills in subject areas

Question 14

Standardized tests

Answer 14

Tests designed to give a measure of student’s performance compared with that of a large number of students

Question 15

Charter school

Answer 15

a public school that operates with freedom from most of the regulations that apply to traditional public schools

Question 16

Programs of study

Answer 16

Rigorous sequence of career and technical and academic courses to prepare students for successful transition from high school to post secondary education/ credentialing employment.