Exam 16: Education

A primary purpose of______________was to close the achievement gap between rich and poor students by holding schools accountable for students' learning.The law required states to test every student's progress toward meeting specific standards that were established for each level of schooling.

In regards to status dropout rates,which of the following statistics is NOT correct?

To date,the most deadly school shootings occurred on the campus of:

______________ allows children with disabilities to work with a wide variety of people,including a regular education teacher,a special education teacher,a speech therapist,an occupational therapist,a physical therapist,and a resource therapist.

______________ is the social institution responsible for the systematic transmission of knowledge,skills,and cultural values within a formally organized structure.

Overall,______________typically advocate the importance of establishing a more rigorous academic environment in which students are required to learn the basics that will make them competitive in school and job markets.

Exclusion programs are designed to mainstream children with disabilities.This is accomplished by taking the special education program curriculum and integrating it with the regular education program and each child receives an individualized education plan that provides annual educational goals.

______________ refers to providing free,public schooling for wide segments of a nation's population.

Educational credentials are extremely important in societies that emphasize credentialism-a process of social selection in which class advantage and social status are linked to the possession of academic qualifications.

Looking at the future of education,experts say that______________is here to stay.This will include both the export of students from countries such as India and China to other countries to study,and the development of top-tier research universities in countries,including China,Singapore,and Saudi Arabia,where students may study without living abroad.

______________ is the process by which children and recent immigrants become acquainted with the dominant cultural beliefs,values,norms,and accumulated knowledge of a society.

According to the American Association of Community Colleges,there are a total of 1,132 community colleges (including public and private colleges)in the United States,and these institutions enroll almost 13 million students in credit and noncredit courses.Community college enrollment accounts for______________percent of all U.S.undergraduates.

______________ programs are designed to mainstream children with disabilities.This is accomplished by taking the special education program curriculum and integrating it with the regular education program;each child receives an individualized education plan that provides annual educational goals.

Durkheim asserted that moral values are the foundation of a cohesive social order and that are responsible for teaching a commitment to the common morality.

The hidden curriculum affects______________students more than it does students from middle- and upper-income families.

______________ societies existed before the invention of reading and writing.These societies have no written language and are characterized by very basic technology and a simple division of labor.The earliest forms of education are survival-oriented.

______________ is a term describing policies or procedures that are intended to promote equal opportunity for categories of people deemed to have been previously excluded from equality in education,employment,and other fields on the basis of characteristics such as race or ethnicity.

In elementary schools,tracking is often referred to as______________and is based on the assumption that it is easier to teach a group of students who have similar abilities.

During the______________,the focus of education shifted to the importance of developing well- rounded and liberally educated people.

Early in the twentieth century,all states passed______________laws that require children to attend school until they reach a specified age (usually age sixteen)or complete a minimum level of formal education (generally the eighth grade).