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| 1 | For John Dewey, who believes that schooling should be based on social experiences, the best type of intellectual organization in based on: |
 | A) | rationalization. |
| B) | empirical sciences. |
| C) | metaphysics. |
| D) | speculation. |
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| 2 | When he was a student in Great Britain, teaching in the schools that Roger Scruton attended was done by: |
| A) | educators with advanced degrees. |
| B) | scholars with subject-specific knowledge. |
| C) | members of the clergy. |
| D) | women with some university education. |
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| 3 | In the view of Mortimer J. Adler, who believes that the curriculum should be standardized for all, the worst cultural disease in modern society is: |
| A) | specialization. |
| B) | technology. |
| C) | bureaucratization. |
| D) | affluence. |
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| 4 | According to John Holt, who does not believe that the curriculum
should be standardized for all: |
| A) | parents, rather than government, should make all educational decisions. |
| B) | parents may only exert their natural authority to influence
their children's educational choices. |
| C) | children should deal directly with school authorities on all
educational matters. |
| D) | public schools should be eliminated. |
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| 5 | According to Carson M. Bennett, historically, the atmosphere of schooling has often been characterized as encompassing all of the following except: |
| A) | harsh discipline. |
| B) | strong peer-to-peer bonds. |
| C) | regimentation. |
| D) | restriction. |
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| 6 | Laura Zucca-Scott indicates that in a democracy the role of the educator becomes much more complex than: |
| A) | a strict disciplinary environment. |
| B) | a simple transmitter of information. |
| C) | teaching and learning. |
| D) | understanding standards and assessment. |
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| 7 | David Elkind, who believes that constructivism is the best philosophy of education, states that teaching will become a true profession only when we have a genuine: |
| A) | acceptance of group difference in learning styles. |
| B) | science of education. |
| C) | understanding of children. |
| D) | commitment to research. |
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| 8 | Jamin Carson, who does not believe that constructivism is the best philosophy of education, criticizes Elkind's advocacy of education as a science because in Carson's opinion, for a constructivist, advocating a science of education is: |
| A) | objectionist. |
| B) | unscientific. |
| C) | contradictory. |
| D) | controversial. |
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| 9 | With regard to efforts to more precisely understand "public schooling," Frederick M. Hess, who believes that "public schooling" should be redefined, would agree with all of the following statements except |
| A) | public schools are obligated to teach tolerance and diversity. |
| B) | public schools are obligated to teach respect for the
constitutional order. |
| C) | schooling entails both public and private purposes. |
| D) | academic learning serves the individual and the needs of the state. |
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| 10 | According to Linda Nathan et al., who do not believe that "public schooling" should be redefined, when it comes to opening minds to a critical look at new ideas in public education, which one of the following would be the easiest to approach? |
| A) | social goals and civic priorities |
| B) | matters of ethics and values |
| C) | educational philosophies and educators' professional skills |
| D) | teaching skills and developing social cohesion in each generation |
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| 11 | Kristan A. Morrison, who believes that truly democratic classrooms are possible, refers to the work of such critical educational theorists as Paulo Freire and Maxine Greene, who argue that, in schools, certain moral, political, and intellectual ideals: |
| A) | should take precedence over other ideals. |
| B) | have become confused with traditional educational ideals. |
| C) | have no place whatsoever. |
| D) | should not take precedence over traditional educational ideals. |
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| 12 | Gary K. Clabaugh, who does not believe that truly democratic classrooms are possible, contends that work-world values are: |
| A) | unrelated to competition and personal worth. |
| B) | not applicable to the values of school-age children. |
| C) | virtually identical to conventional school values. |
| D) | as democratic as anything in life gets. |
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| 13 | In Layshock v. Hermitage School District, Third Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Jordan and Vanaskie joined in an opinion noting that Layshock and J.S. v. Blue Mountain District are both First Amendment cases with: |
| A) | different fact patterns. |
| B) | fact patterns that were derived from the Second Circuit Court of Appeals. |
| C) | fact patterns that were derived from the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals. |
| D) | similar fact patterns. |
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| 14 | In J.S. v. Blue Mountain School District the Third Circuit Court of Appeals, Chief Judge McKee and Circuit Judges: Chagares, Sloviter, Ambro, Fuentes, Smith, Hardiman and Greenway,Jr. joined in the opinion that: |
| A) | J.S’s actions did cause a substantial and material disruption of the school. |
| B) | J.S.’s parents Fourteenth Amendment rights (due process) were violated. |
| C) | there were general “rumblings” in the school regarding the
profile of the principal on MySpace by J.S. |
| D) | no substantial and material disruption of the school occurred. |
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| 15 | The core curriculum is currently a voluntary program that was originally initiated by: |
| A) | the Department of Education. |
| B) | state governors. |
| C) | school superintendents. |
| D) | curriculum specialists and education researchers. |
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| 16 | Although there is a movement to create a national curriculum framework, there is concern that: |
| A) | teachers are not given access to the deep learning they require. |
| B) | funding levels will be inadequate. |
| C) | issues of fairness will eventually lead to a watered-down set of minimal standards. |
| D) | too many educational goals and perspectives will be forced into the standards, leading to a shallow educational experience. |
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| 17 | William A. Schmidt and Nathan A. Burroughs contend that the Common Core Standards call for: |
| A) | a one-size-fits-all approach which leads to higher student
outcomes. |
| B) | greater focus on fewer topics at each grade level. |
| C) | less student assessment and easy implementation. |
| D) | more student assessment and easy implementation. |
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| 18 | Tom Loveless believes that curriculum content is subject to local discretion and that the curriculum that fleshes out the new standards will, in the end: |
| A) | be the gauge for measuring implementation effectiveness or ineffectiveness. |
| B) | be the gold standard for what is taught in English and
Mathematics. |
| C) | determine how teachers, parents, and students actually experience the standards. |
| D) | determine the basis for student assessment and accountability. |
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| 19 | Many advocates of restructuring for failing schools can agree on all of the following strategies for resuscitating failing schools except: |
| A) | staff self-assessment. |
| B) | greater teacher collaboration. |
| C) | serious in-service training. |
| D) | packaged curricular modules. |
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| 20 | A growing number of educators are concerned that the trend towards closing failing schools is ultimately: |
| A) | discouraging for potential new teachers. |
| B) | damagingly destructive for students. |
| C) | encouraging tax critics who would like to further reduce school funding. |
| D) | going to further stigmatize students in struggling districts. |
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| 21 | In the twentieth century, federal aid to the nation’s public schools grew, culminating in the 1965 Elementary and Secondary Education Act, which earmarked poverty-area schools and: |
| A) | enhanced services for disabled children. |
| B) | modernization projects for urban schools. |
| C) | improvement of math and science education. |
| D) | teacher-education measures. |
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| 22 | According to Marc Tucker, teachers should be hired and employed by: |
| A) | states. |
| B) | the federal government. |
| C) | local districts. |
| D) | individual schools. |
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| 23 | Nirvi Shah, who expounds that teachers are already armed in some school districts, contends that: |
| A) | it is not a question of whether teachers take a gun to school, but will they get caught? |
| B) | it is not a question of whether teachers take a gun to school, but what will parents think? |
| C) | it is not a question of whether teachers take a gun to school, but how do they carry a gun without anyone noticing? |
| D) | it is not a question of whether teachers take a gun to school, but how they will carry an unconcealed gun. |
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| 24 | Kenneth S. Trump, President of the National School Safety and Security Services, who believes that a proposal to arm teachers crosses the line, wants: |
| A) | trained and armed law enforcement officers in schools. |
| B) | trained and armed school administrators in schools. |
| C) | trained and armed school staff other than teachers and
administrators in schools. |
| D) | all the above. |
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| 25 | David L. Kirp, who believes that the time has arrived for universal preschool, points out that preschool for three-year-olds and especially four-year-olds: |
| A) | has lately become popular. |
| B) | has been popular for almost a hundred years. |
| C) | should follow strict government regulations. |
| D) | is a requirement in nearly all countries except the United
States. |
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| 26 | Douglas J. Besharov and Douglas M. Call, who do not believe that the time has arrived for universal preschool, claim that the “web of federally administered, community-based programs” sounds, for good reason, like an echo of: |
| A) | No Child Left Behind. |
| B) | the War on Poverty. |
| C) | the War on Poverty. |
| D) | Reaganomics. |
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| 27 | Mara Sapon-Shevin, who believes that the inclusive classroom model is working, says that it is time we understand that inclusive, diverse classrooms are: |
| A) | conspicuously absent from many school districts. |
| B) | here to stay. |
| C) | an endangered species. |
| D) | based on a 250-year-old model. |
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| 28 | Wade A. Carpenter, who does not believe that the inclusive classroom model is working, says that our society has not yet provided enough support or alternatives for exceptional students, nor has it learned how to: |
| A) | discriminate well. |
| B) | be comfortable with them. |
| C) | make exceptional teaching an imperative. |
| D) | nurture the average student. |
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| 29 | The initial onslaught against teacher-union power in the twentieth century was begun during the: |
| A) | Hoover Administration. |
| B) | Eisenhower Administration. |
| C) | Reagan Administration. |
| D) | Clinton Administration. |
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| 30 | A recent survey indicates that the public wants to find and retain high-quality teachers who are compensated on the basis of all of the following except: |
| A) | parental satisfaction and involvement. |
| B) | experience. |
| C) | academic degrees. |
| D) | principal evaluations. |
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| 31 | James Cibulka, who believes the current design of teacher licensing (certification) has outlived its usefulness, contends that: |
| A) | teacher licensure is seated in a bygone principal known as “do no harm”. |
| B) | teacher licensure does not need to be addressed at this time. |
| C) | teacher licensure is solely a higher education issue and has
nothing to do with Pre K-12 education. |
| D) | teacher licensure is a major issue but college teacher
preparation program do not need to be changed. |
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| 32 | David Chard, believes that current state control of teacher preparation and licensing does not ensure that teachers will be of high quality and that: |
| A) | individual school district programs should be the sole provider for new teachers. |
| B) | states should not be involved in teacher preparation. |
| C) | state regulations that promote a one-size-fits-all approach to teacher preparation have limited innovation. |
| D) | many teachers need to be retained in non-college teacher
preparation programs. |
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| 33 | David Souter, who believes that a zero-tolerance policy can violate students’ rights, reports that Savana Redding was taken to the school nurse’s office to search her clothes and person for: |
| A) | pills. |
| B) | weapons. |
| C) | cigarettes. |
| D) | threatening notes. |
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| 34 | Clarence Thomas, who does not believe that zero tolerance can violate students’ rights, notes that delineating the proper scope of a search of students in a way that is identical to that permitted for searches outside the school is referenced in the Court’s T. L. O. decision as the: |
| A) | justification for the action. |
| B) | nature of the infraction. |
| C) | character of the circumstance. |
| D) | context of the incident. |
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| 35 | Chris Gabrieli, who believes that American students need more time in school, points out that President Obama and Secretary of Education Duncan are challenging educators to move beyond a school schedule and calendar that were developed for: |
| A) | the Thirteen Colonies. |
| B) | suburban white families. |
| C) | a farm and factory era. |
| D) | the convenience of school boards. |
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| 36 | Larry Cuban, who does not believe that American students need more time in school, concludes that the three primary reasons school time fixes have failed are: |
| A) | teacher unions, parental efforts, and conservative social goals. |
| B) | lackluster research, cost, and parental efforts. |
| C) | cost, lackluster research, and conservative social goals. |
| D) | lackluster research, teacher unions, and cost. |
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| 37 | The first U.S. state to offer a Virtual School was: |
| A) | Florida. |
| B) | New York. |
| C) | Wisconsin. |
| D) | South Carolina. |
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| 38 | The National Education Association, a teachers union, has taken a hard line on online charter schools, most especially those that: |
| A) | claim to offer spectacular results. |
| B) | offer special programs for students with learning disabilities. |
| C) | operate within a home-schooling framework. |
| D) | operate on a for-profit basis. |
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| 39 | Andrew J. Rotherham and Daniel T. Willingham, who believe that the “21st century skills” movement is viable, contend that sometimes we fail to recognize that we have a particular thinking skill unless: |
| A) | we are told so. |
| B) | we have been taught “thinking-recognition” skills. |
| C) | it comes in the form of known content. |
| D) | it is apparent that someone else does not have that particular skill. |
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| 40 | Diana Senechal, who does not believe that the “21st century skills” movement is viable, claims that by taking certain ideas to extremes, the movement’s reformers are: |
| A) | forsaking intellectual study in the name of “real life.” |
| B) | convincing no one. |
| C) | rolling the dice on the future of American technology. |
| D) | regressing to a more backward approach to education.. |
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| 41 | One of the lesser known positive results noted in the literature on the four-day school week is the: |
| A) | record of wins over losses for athletic teams |
| B) | time available for professional development |
| C) | rise in student test scores |
| D) | transportation savings for the teachers and staff |
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| 42 | Jimmy Linderman, superintendent of the Chattooga County School District in Georgia, reported that during one year the discipline referral frequency of students attending school only four days per week fell by this percent: |
| A) | 15% |
| B) | 8% |
| C) | 73% |
| D) | 27% |
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| 43 | There are those who believe the growth in flipped learning has “skyrocketed” across the nation during 2014 and that once brand new, the flipped learning model has now cemented its position in: |
| A) | all school districts |
| B) | classrooms |
| C) | face to face instruction |
| D) | implementing the Common Core Standards |
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| 44 | Editors of this website compile 10 of the most influential ed-tech developments and examine how those topics dominated K-12 ed tech conversations. No. 7 on their list for 2014 is flipped learning: |
| A) | Flipped Learning Clearinghouse |
| B) | eSchool News: Daily Tech News & Innovation |
| C) | Blended Learning & Student Achievement Blog |
| D) | none of the above |