Education Test 4

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By 2008, the total expenditure for public elementary and secondary schools in the United States was approximately ________.

$596 billion

Depending on the statutes in a particular state, a student teacher may act as a substitute teacher under all of the following conditions except ________.

1. a sub is not immediately available 2. the principal is readily available in the building 3. when the student teacher has been in that assignment for a minimum number of school days

Behaving ethically as a teacher is determined to be all of the following except ________.

1. acting in best interests of children 2. promoting learning in children 3. helping children reach full potential

Most of the court cases involving tort liability of teachers focus on all of the following except ________.

1. inadequate supervision 2. inadequate instruction 3. lack of or imporper medical treatment of students

Short-term school suspension is usually defined as ________.

10 days or less

Which of the following is not true?

A teacher's liability extends to any and all injuries that students might suffer.

The arena of educational politics refers to how people use all of the following except ________.

Emotion

An influential and extensive federal education program signed into law by President Roosevelt in 1944 is the ________.

G.I. Bill of Rights

A federal program designed to provide preschool experiences to poor children is ________.

Head Start

The responsibility for maintaining schools is primarily a function of the ________.

States

One characteristic of successful schools is ________.

a close working relationship with parents

In regard to the assignment of additional duties or responsibilities, it is most accurate to say that ________.

a teacher may be assigned certain responsibilities not outlined in the contract

Ms. Tamarack was fired from her teaching position because of her political position on such issues as abortion, right to die, and gays and lesbians in the military. This case illustrates ________.

a violation of due process

For initial certification, nearly all states require ________.

applicants to pass a test of basic skills professional knowledge and academic subject areas

When establishing home pages on the Internet, teachers should be careful not to include information that would identify ________.

children in the class

The role of the regional educational service agencies is to provide assistance directly to districts and includes all of the following except ________.

contract negotiations

The governor has the power to do all of the following except ________.

determine the cap on teacher salaries

To dismiss a teacher, a district must follow a step-by-step process known as ________.

due process

Supplemental programs to help meet the needs of special school populations are called ________.

entitlements

Teachers often find it necessary to take action in situations in which all the facts are not known or for which no single course of action can be called right or wrong. These situations are often referred to as ________.

ethical dilemmas

All of the following would be a function of the school board except ________.

evaluating probationary teachers

In 1976, Congress revised the Copyright Act by adding the doctrine of ________.

fair use

According to the Buckley Amendment, parents do not have a right to examine ________.

gradebooks

All of the following are true about home schooling except ________.

home schooling is legal in all states the regulation of home schooling varies greatly legal support for home schools has been mixed

An important part of a teacher's response to an ethical dilemma is ________.

identifying possible consequences of one's actions

Under the provisions of the Family Education Rights and Privacy Act, the penalty for giving out personally identifiable information without prior written consent is ________.

loss of federal funds

At the local level, most funding for schools comes from ________

property taxes

In regard to reporting child abuse, teachers are ________.

required by law to report any suspected child abuse

At the state level, most funding for schools comes from ________.

sales taxes and income taxes

Shared governance, administrative decentralization, teacher empowerment, professionalization, bottom-up policy-making, school based planning, and school-based management are all examples of ________.

school restructuring

An approach to school improvement in which teachers, principals, students, parents, and community members manage individual schools and share in the decision-making process is known as ________.

school-based management

The highest educational agency in a state is the ________.

state board of education

Should a dispute arise within a state regarding a law related to education, the body charged with the power to decide on the reasonableness of the law is the ________.

state court

The body that determines how taxes will be used to support schools, what will or will not be taught, and the length of the school day and year is the ________.

state legislature

The majority of funding for schools is provided by the ________.

states

Which of the following is not a legal responsibility of a teacher?

student behavior to and from school

Ensuring that schools operate in accordance with federal and state guidelines is the responsibility of the ________.

superintendent

A policy that provides teachers with job security is known as ________.

tenure

One of Mr. Brouse's seventh-grade students broke his arm while on a field trip to the zoo. The boy's parents claimed that Mr. Brouse was negligent and took the matter to court. In regard to a case such as this, the court would ________.

try to determine whether Mr. Brouse exercised reasonable care

An approach whereby parents are given money by the state to enroll their children in the school of their choice is called a(n) ________.

voucher system


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