Question 1

Critics of the Common Core argue that it

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takes control away from parents

Question 2

California officials predicted that by 2014, all 6,063 public schools serving _____ would be declared in need of restructuring under No Child Left Behind.

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poor students

Question 3

Supporters of _____ argue that states have "dummied down standards" and that students should be held to a higher expectation.

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the Common Core

Question 4

One advantage to the Common Core is that if children change schools, the curriculum at their new school will be similar to their old school. In the United States, families move on average once

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every five years.

Question 5

According to Thornburgh, "Dropping out of high school today is to your societal health what _____, an indicator of a host of poor outcomes to follow, from low lifetime earnings to high incarceration rates to a high likelihood that your children will drop out of high school and start the cycle anew."

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smoking is to your physical health

Question 6

In 2013, eighth graders eligible for _____ averaged 27 points lower in math than students who were not.

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free school lunch

Question 7

Which of the following was a principal aim of the No Child Left Behind Act?

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Make schools accountable for the success or failure of their students.

Question 8

Data confirms that the higher the educational attainment, the

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higher the income.

Question 9

Who set the standards for the Common Core, which have been adopted by 43 states and the District of Columbia?

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Parents, teachers, school administrators, and experts across the country

Question 10

Achievement gaps in reading, writing, and mathematics persist between minority and White students. With the exception of _____ students, minority students are much more likely to be below the basic levels of math upon entering high school.

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Asian American

Question 11

In 2009-2010, 38% of schools were labeled as _____ under the No Child Left Behind Act.

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failing to make adequate yearly progress

Question 12

Under No Child Left Behind, a single statewide assessment system given annually to students from third to eighth grade is used to measure

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the school's adequate yearly progress.

Question 13

Assessment tests given to kids in fourth through eighth grade show that average reading and math scores are _____ for children in high-poverty schools compared to students in low-poverty schools.

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lower

Question 14

The term _____ is used for the percentage of 16- to 24-year-olds who are not enrolled in school and have not earned a high school diploma or equivalency.

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status dropout rate

Question 15

What is a state-driven initiative to develop international benchmarks for all states so that all students are prepared to be competitive in a globalized market?

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The Common Core State Standards Initiative

Question 16

Under NCLB, each state was permitted to set its own proficiency benchmarks to be determined by standardized tests. According to the 2007 report "The Proficiency Illusion," improvements in the passing rates on states can be largely explained by

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declines in the difficulty of those tests.

Question 17

Amy Chua's book _____, a comic memoir about how she tried to raise her two daughters the same way her strict Chinese immigrant parents raised her, but was forced to pull back when her younger daughter rebelled, set off a firestorm of controversy.

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Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother

Question 18

According to Carey and Rosa, federal state, and local policymakers give _____ resources to students who have more resources, and _____ to those who have less.

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more; less

Question 19

Janie is a fifth-grader in New Hampshire whose family is moving to Nevada in the middle of the school year. Which scenario is most likely, based on the fact that both states have adopted the Common Core standards?

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Janie will be able to more or less pick up where she left off when she gets to her new school.

Question 20

Contrary to popular myths about the Common Core

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schools systems and teachers can choose their own materials.

Quiz 14: Education