Sociology ch 17

What did Rist’s research demonstrate?

According to the text, if I am in the bottom 25% of students, but from a wealthy family, there is

African Americans are the group least likely to complete high school and go on to college.

Based on the text, which is the only category of college graduates paid LESS than teachers?

In education, this usually refers to helping students with disabilities take part in the "regular" education setting.

A formal system of teaching knowledge, values, and skills.

Matchmaking is a latent function of education.

What did Jaime Escalante do to improve the inner city school that was plagued with major problems.

When compared to scores of twenty to thirty years ago, today's scores on tests like the SAT:

Gatekeeping is another term for the social placement function of education.

How are public schools primarily funded?

A general rise in student grades without a corresponding increase in learning is one form of

More people (as a percentage) graduate college today than graduated high school 100 years ago.

Unintended beneficial consequences of people's actions

Who developed the idea of a "self-fulfilling prophecy"?

From a conflict perspective, the real purpose of education is to:

Which of the following is NOT one of the "Solutions" to improving education given in the text.

What two categories had the lowest percentage of attendance at private colleges?

The sorting of students into different programs on the basis of real or perceived abilities

According to Farkas, which two groups of students were successful in "signaling" their teachers they were good students?

Mandatory education laws state that

Today there are a variety of ways to educate where students are not present with teachers. This is called

The most significant predictor of whether a student will attend college is their ____.

Renee has difficulty reading and writing. Despite her challenges, she's been passed into the next grade every year.

The sociologist who observed that industrialized nations are becoming credential societies was ________.

In Japan, their commitment to community and cooperation ensures that all students are able to attend college.

The intended beneficial consequences of people's actions.

The correspondence principle says that

Who was the educator from Massachusetts, who, in 1837, proposed the "common school" to be supported through tax dollars?

Unintended and non beneficial consequences of people's actions

The use of diplomas and degrees to determine who is eligible for jobs is defined as

The unwritten goals of schools

Due to significant investment in education, American students rank in the top 3 worldwide in most academic test scores

High school graduates who have difficulty with basic reading and math are known as:

A self-fulfilling prophecy is an assertion that would be true regardless of how people felt about it.

What is the main focus reflected by the elementary schools in the education system in Japan?

The Rosenthal/Jacobson experiment tended to confirm which of these concepts?

One function performed by schools is to mold all students into a cohesive unit. This function is referred to as _______

In terms of spending per pupil on education, Missouri is one of the

Students perform better when the are expected to meet higher standards.