Introduction to Teaching, Chapter 10, Reading Quiz

Which of the following is true about the Common Core?

It is creating a national marketplace for vendors of textbooks, software and hardware, as well as testing.

Which of the following statements about No Child Left Behind is TRUE?

Schools must allow Boy Scout meetings in their buildings.

Which of the following is NOT a significant criticism of the use of standardized tests in today's schools?

State standardized tests correlate highly with other national standardized tests, such as the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP).

Which of the following are the largest textbooks adoption states?

Texas and California

Which of the following statements about the forces shaping curriculum is TRUE?

The curriculum is influenced by many interest groups, often with competing values and goals.

How does the federal government affect curriculum?

The federal government influences the curriculum through judicial decisions, financial incentives, and legislation.

What is "stealth censorship"?

The voluntary removal of materials from a library or syllabus to avoid controversy.

Which educator is most closely associated with authentic assessment?

Theodore Sizer

Students who participated in varsity sports in high school received all of the following benefits EXCEPT:

a strong correlation between athletic participation and academic success.

Proponents of core knowledge:

believe in the curricular cannon as a key aspect of education.

With regard to the Common Core, Alfie Kohn warns that:

common standards will not necessarily translate into quality education.

A textbook reader features pictures of boys and girls of all racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic backgrounds happily playing together, yet the stories contained in the reader are about only white, middle-class children. This is an example of:

cosmetic bias.

Skills such as comparing, interpreting, observing, summarizing, classifying, decision making, creating, and criticizing are collectively known as:

critical thinking.

Learnings that are not always intended but emerge as students are shaped by the school culture, including the attitudes and behaviors of teachers are called the:

hidden curriculum.

Evolution is a theory, which means:

it is based on many years of scientific evidence.

The use of technology in the classroom:

may eventually extend instruction beyond the confines of the traditional classroom.