Question 1

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

Accepted Answer

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

Question 2

Jonathan Kozol criticizes the U.S.educational system for

Accepted Answer

A) focusing too much on students' future careers. 
B) making too little use of achievement tests. 
C) unequal funding that makes some schools far better than others. 
D) paying some teachers more than they are worth. 
A) focusing too much on students' future careers. 
B) making too little use of achievement tests. 
C) unequal funding that makes some schools far better than others. 
D) paying some teachers more than they are worth.

Question 3

In the United States,African Americans are less likely than Hispanics to drop out of high school.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

Research shows that,in the typical college classroom,most students are active participants who speak up.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

Education is the social institution by which society provides people with important knowledge,including

Accepted Answer

A) job skills. 
B) basic facts and information. 
C) cultural norms and values. 
D) All of these responses are correct. 
A) job skills. 
B) basic facts and information. 
C) cultural norms and values. 
D) All of these responses are correct.

Question 6

In Great Britain,regardless of their scores on achievement examinations,the children of well-to-do families

Accepted Answer

A) generally do not go to college. 
B) must go to state universities like everyone else. 
C) typically go to high-prestige private universities,including Oxford or Cambridge. 
D) go to trade schools,but only if they are males. 
A) generally do not go to college. 
B) must go to state universities like everyone else. 
C) typically go to high-prestige private universities,including Oxford or Cambridge. 
D) go to trade schools,but only if they are males.

Question 7

Which of the following is a latent function of schooling?

Accepted Answer

A) ensuring some common culture 
B) teaching about the U.S.way of life 
C) providing child-care 
D) teaching job skills 
A) ensuring some common culture 
B) teaching about the U.S.way of life 
C) providing child-care 
D) teaching job skills

Question 8

Assume that you support the school choice movement.What are you likely to say is the reason that U.S.public schools perform poorly?

Accepted Answer

A) Schools have no competition. 
B) Some schools lack adequate funding. 
C) The nation has a high poverty rate. 
D) Too many parents are not involved in the schools. 
A) Schools have no competition. 
B) Some schools lack adequate funding. 
C) The nation has a high poverty rate. 
D) Too many parents are not involved in the schools.

Question 9

Currently,there is a surplus of teachers in the United States.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

Wealthy British families send their children to "public schools" that are the same as private boarding schools in the United States.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

Research suggests that the level of functional illiteracy in the United States may be about what share of young people who leave secondary school?

Accepted Answer

A) about one in seven 
B) about one in twenty 
C) about one in fifty 
D) about one in one hundred 
A) about one in seven 
B) about one in twenty 
C) about one in fifty 
D) about one in one hundred

Question 12

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

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

The functions of schooling include

Accepted Answer

A) socializing the young. 
B) cultural innovation. 
C) helping to integrate a diverse society. 
D) All of these responses are correct. 
A) socializing the young. 
B) cultural innovation. 
C) helping to integrate a diverse society. 
D) All of these responses are correct.

Question 14

Most people who do not complete their schooling have parents who also did not receive much schooling.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

A social-conflict analysis suggests that schooling in the United States developed in the late nineteenth century because that was the time that

Accepted Answer

A) factory owners needed an obedient and disciplined workforce. 
B) immigrants had to learn English in order to work in factories. 
C) the country had to teach immigrants that its way of life was right and good. 
D) All of these responses are correct. 
A) factory owners needed an obedient and disciplined workforce. 
B) immigrants had to learn English in order to work in factories. 
C) the country had to teach immigrants that its way of life was right and good. 
D) All of these responses are correct.

Question 16

Public schools have been losing teachers in recent years because of

Accepted Answer

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

Question 17

The functions of schooling include

Accepted Answer

A) socializing the young. 
B) creating new culture. 
C) helping to integrate a diverse society. 
D) All of these responses are correct. 
A) socializing the young. 
B) creating new culture. 
C) helping to integrate a diverse society. 
D) All of these responses are correct.

Question 18

The problem of functional illiteracy means that

Accepted Answer

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 19

Social-conflict theory supports the policy of tracking to give all students instruction geared to their abilities.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

Which of the following correctly states the effect of additional schooling on average income?

Accepted Answer

A) Earning a high school diploma and a college degree do not change average income levels. 
B) Earning a high school diploma does not affect income,but earning a college degree raises income. 
C) Earning a high school diploma raises income,but earning a college degree does not affect income. 
D) Earning a high school diploma and earning a college degree both raise income levels. 
A) Earning a high school diploma and a college degree do not change average income levels. 
B) Earning a high school diploma does not affect income,but earning a college degree raises income. 
C) Earning a high school diploma raises income,but earning a college degree does not affect income. 
D) Earning a high school diploma and earning a college degree both raise income levels.

Exam 20: Education

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

Jonathan Kozol criticizes the U.S.educational system for

In the United States,African Americans are less likely than Hispanics to drop out of high school.

Research shows that,in the typical college classroom,most students are active participants who speak up.

Education is the social institution by which society provides people with important knowledge,including

In Great Britain,regardless of their scores on achievement examinations,the children of well-to-do families

Which of the following is a latent function of schooling?

Assume that you support the school choice movement.What are you likely to say is the reason that U.S.public schools perform poorly?

Currently,there is a surplus of teachers in the United States.

Wealthy British families send their children to "public schools" that are the same as private boarding schools in the United States.

Research suggests that the level of functional illiteracy in the United States may be about what share of young people who leave secondary school?

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

The functions of schooling include

Most people who do not complete their schooling have parents who also did not receive much schooling.

A social-conflict analysis suggests that schooling in the United States developed in the late nineteenth century because that was the time that

Public schools have been losing teachers in recent years because of

The functions of schooling include

The problem of functional illiteracy means that

Social-conflict theory supports the policy of tracking to give all students instruction geared to their abilities.

Which of the following correctly states the effect of additional schooling on average income?

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