Question 1

Charter schools are

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A) private schools that typically enroll high-income students. 
B) public schools that have the freedom to try new programs and policies. 
C) private schools that have a religious curriculum. 
D) public schools that are run by private companies. 
A) private schools that typically enroll high-income students. 
B) public schools that have the freedom to try new programs and policies. 
C) private schools that have a religious curriculum. 
D) public schools that are run by private companies. B

Question 2

African Americans have a lower rate of competing high school than Hispanic Americans.

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A) True 
 B)False  False

Question 3

Theodore Sizer maintains that, in order to do their job well, U.S.schools need to be large and bureaucratic.

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A) True 
 B)False  False

Question 4

Education is the social institution providing members of a society with important knowledge.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

In the United States, the focus of education has always been

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A) what is philosophical. 
B) what is practical and job-related. 
C) what is theoretical. 
D) All of these are correct. 
A) what is philosophical. 
B) what is practical and job-related. 
C) what is theoretical. 
D) All of these are correct.

Question 6

Public schools have been losing teachers in recent years because of

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A) job-related frustration. 
B) low pay. 
C) the retirement of many older teachers. 
D) All of these are correct. 
A) job-related frustration. 
B) low pay. 
C) the retirement of many older teachers. 
D) All of these are correct.

Question 7

One latent function of schooling is establishing social relationships and networks.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

The problem of functional illiteracy means that

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A) many young people leave school without having learned basic skills. 
B) many older people have forgotten the lessons they learned in school. 
C) a significant share of U.S.children never attend school. 
D) many teachers in U.S.schools do not know how to teach. 
A) many young people leave school without having learned basic skills. 
B) many older people have forgotten the lessons they learned in school. 
C) a significant share of U.S.children never attend school. 
D) many teachers in U.S.schools do not know how to teach.

Question 9

Children in the United States spend only about 13 percent of their waking hours in school.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

Why, in your opinion, is there a teacher shortage in the United States? Do you think the pay for teachers is adequate? Do you think teachers, on average, are sufficiently trained and motivated? Why do you think we commonly pay teachers so little for what seems to be the very important work of training our daughters and sons?

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There are several reasons for the teache

Question 11

If you were to enter a school in ancient Greece or China, the students you would find there would be mainly

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A) women. 
B) soldiers. 
C) the rich. 
D) foreigners. 
A) women. 
B) soldiers. 
C) the rich. 
D) foreigners.

Question 12

Dropping out of school greatly reduces a person's chance to earn a good income.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

The dropout rate is higher for young people from rich families who have many opportunities to succeed without going to school.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

Describe the changes that have taken place in the scope of formal education over the course of U.S.history.When was mandatory education universal? When did a majority of people become high school graduates? What is the extent of U.S.educational achievement today?

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The scope of formal education in the Uni

Question 15

In the world as a whole, about what share of children reach the secondary grades in school?

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A) almost all 
B) two-thirds 
C) half 
D) one-fourth 
A) almost all 
B) two-thirds 
C) half 
D) one-fourth

Question 16

Which of the following statements applies the symbolic-interaction approach to schooling?

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A) If teachers think some category of students is superior, those same students may end up doing superior work. 
B) Teachers convey specialized knowledge that children are not likely to learn at home. 
C) Some categories of students are tracked into better classes than others. 
D) Schools are intended for learning, but they also are places where many people meet their eventual partners. 
A) If teachers think some category of students is superior, those same students may end up doing superior work. 
B) Teachers convey specialized knowledge that children are not likely to learn at home. 
C) Some categories of students are tracked into better classes than others. 
D) Schools are intended for learning, but they also are places where many people meet their eventual partners.

Question 17

Providing schooling is one way our society increases equality of opportunity.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

A larger share of students graduate from high school in Japan than in the United States.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

Define "education" and "schooling."

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Education is a broad term that encompass

Question 20

One result of tracking in schools is that

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A) the brightest students get the worst teachers. 
B) students do not get to study what they are interested in. 
C) the students who get the best schooling are usually those who are more privileged to begin with. 
D) students from disadvantaged backgrounds end up in higher tracks where they cannot do the work. 
A) the brightest students get the worst teachers. 
B) students do not get to study what they are interested in. 
C) the students who get the best schooling are usually those who are more privileged to begin with. 
D) students from disadvantaged backgrounds end up in higher tracks where they cannot do the work.

Exam 20: Education

Charter schools are

African Americans have a lower rate of competing high school than Hispanic Americans.

Theodore Sizer maintains that, in order to do their job well, U.S.schools need to be large and bureaucratic.

Education is the social institution providing members of a society with important knowledge.

In the United States, the focus of education has always been

Public schools have been losing teachers in recent years because of

One latent function of schooling is establishing social relationships and networks.

The problem of functional illiteracy means that

Children in the United States spend only about 13 percent of their waking hours in school.

If you were to enter a school in ancient Greece or China, the students you would find there would be mainly

Dropping out of school greatly reduces a person's chance to earn a good income.

The dropout rate is higher for young people from rich families who have many opportunities to succeed without going to school.

Describe the changes that have taken place in the scope of formal education over the course of U.S.history.When was mandatory education universal? When did a majority of people become high school graduates? What is the extent of U.S.educational achievement today?

In the world as a whole, about what share of children reach the secondary grades in school?

Which of the following statements applies the symbolic-interaction approach to schooling?

Providing schooling is one way our society increases equality of opportunity.

A larger share of students graduate from high school in Japan than in the United States.

Define "education" and "schooling."

One result of tracking in schools is that

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