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- 1. Multiple Choice
The __________ movement was an effort to create learning benchmarks for each subject for each grade.
Standards
Charter School
Common School
Vouchers
- 2. Multiple Choice
The __________ movement was focused on making education available for free to all children.
Standards
Common School
Charter School
Vouchers
- 3. Multiple Choice
The ____________ movement was about creating publicly funded schools each with a special focus. Each of these schools were exemptions from specific regulations placed on traditional schools.
Standards
Common School
Charter School
Vouchers
- 4. Multiple Choice
The _____________ movement advocates paying families directly so they can purchase an education for their child. Historically this technique was used to avoid racial integration of schools as part of Virginia's massive resistance laws.
Standards
Common School
Charter School
School Voucher
- 5. Multiple Choice
What is the name given to President Johnson's Great Society program pertaining to K-12 schools?
The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)
No Child Left Behind (NCLB)
Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA)
Race to the Top
- 6. Multiple Choice
President George W. Bush's law related to K-12 education policy, which promoted the use of standardized tests to evaluate teacher quality, is called what?
the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)
No Child Left Behind (NCLB)
Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA)
Race to the Top
- 7. Multiple Choice
What did President Obama call the K-12 law enacted during his administration?
the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)
No Child Left Behind (NCLB)
Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA)
Race to the Top
- 8. Multiple Choice
This law replaced the Education for All Handicapped Children Act in 1990, what was it?
the Individual with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)
No Child Left Behind (NCLB)
the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA)
Race to the Top
- 9. Multiple Choice
What do we call the elected or appointed body that determines major policies and budgets for school districts?
School board
school district
local educational agency
None of these options
- 10. Multiple Choice
What are the two primary functions of a school district?
hire staff and report to the school board
administer tests and hire staff
administer programs and evaluate performance
management and accountability
- 11. Multiple Choice
What do we call the top education policy making body in each of the 50 states?
the Chief State School Officer's council
the Department of Education
the State Board of Education
the State Legislature
- 12. Multiple Choice
Who is responsible for the teacher licensure process?
states
localities
schools
regional governments
- 13. Multiple Choice
What do we call the state level agency responsible for overseeing education?
the Superintendent of Instruction's office
department of education
educational bureaucracy
State Board of Education
- 14. Multiple Choice
The parental practice of educating one's child outside of traditional school, which is lawfully permitted in all 50 states, is called what?
homeschooling
private education
parental rights
independent education
- 15. Multiple Choice
A school district which may encompass cities, counties, or subsets thereof, is called what?
combined educational units
local educational agency
regional educational special district
consolidated educational units
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