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1
The rationale for schools operated by white church missionaries to teach Native American children was based on
A)cultural difference theory.
B)expectation theory.
C)deficit theory.
D)resistance theory.
2
After the Civil War, the government agency established to provide education to black Americans was the
A)Bureau of Minority Affairs.
B)Freedmen's Bureau.
C)National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.
D)United States Department of Education.
3
School desegregation progressed rapidly as a result of
A)Plessy v. Ferguson.
B)Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka.
C)Hopwood v. State of Texas.
D)The Civil Rights Act.
4
Racial isolation that occurs in schools as a result of policies and practices such as tracking and placement in special education classes is called
A)hypersegregation.
B)intrasegregation.
C)resegregation.
D)second generation segregation.
5
Which of the following statements best characterizes trends in desegregation during the last twenty years?
A)Court cases such as Hopwood and Michigan have pushed integration efforts into higher education by mandating that colleges put admissions policies into effect to increase diversity on campus
B)Due to the increasing racial diversity of school-age children in the United States, most students—although not all students—across the nation now attend integrated schools.
C)Desegregation efforts such as magnet programs have been effective in integrating schools, as well as the academic and social lives of students.
D)Court decisions have reduced school busing and firm racial set-asides in college, significantly increasing racial segregation in the nation’s schools.
6
Hispanics are the youngest and fastest-growing group in the United States. By the year 2030, Hispanic children will represent what percentage of the school-age population?
A)one-tenth
B)one-fourth
C)one-third
D)one-half
7
The high school dropout rate is highest for
A)white students.
B)black students.
C)hispanic students.
D)black and hispanic students drop out of high school at equally high rates.
8
Which of the following immigrant groups often faces racial as well as religious intolerance in schools and in society?
A)Arab-Americans
B)Samoan-Americans
C)Hmong-Americans
D)Mexican-Americans
9
Title IX of the Educational Amendments of 1972 prohibits sexual discrimination in schools. The focus of the law
A)guarantees equal funding and resources for female athletes in school.
B)prevents the expulsion of female students who become pregnant, or the male students who made them pregnant.
C)prevents male students from harassing other male students.
D)all of the above.
E)A and B only.
10
Which of the following family patterns is NOT accurate?
A)The number of single fathers raising children is now greater than the number of single mothers.
B)Over half of American "families" have no children under 18 at home.
C)More children live in step-families than in nuclear families.
D)More than 1 million children experience divorce each year.
11
"Latch-key kids" are most likely to come from
A)black families.
B)hispanic families.
C)middle-class families.
D)working-class families.
12
The high school graduation rate in the United States is
A)less than 75 percent.
B)about 85 percent.
C)more than 90 percent.
D)nearly universal at almost 100 percent.
13
Who is the most common target of school bullies?
A)cheerleaders
B)the teacher’s pet
C)low-income students
D)gay students
14
As a cause of death among adolescents, suicide is ranked
A)first.
B)second.
C)third.
D)last.
15
The major reason cited by youths for the recent decline in the teenage pregnancy rate is
A)abstinence.
B)availability of contraceptives.
C)concerns about sexually transmitted diseases.
D)parental involvement.





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