PET Ch 7 History

Tests that measure students' performance compared to that of thousands of other students

Unable to read or write

Levels of knowledge and skills to be mastered in specific subject areas

During the 1940s and 1950s, education in America ___

interconnection of nations around the world through finance, international companies & trade

Providing proof that standards, such as educational goals, are being achieved

Teaching methods that require students to demonstrate their abilities in subject areas

The great increase in births after the end of World War 2

federal government program for preschoolers from low-income families

The goal of Brown vs Board of Education was the creation of separate but equal schools

Education in two languages

public school that operates with freedom from many regulations that apply to public schools

The Goals 2000 Act of 1974 included six educational goals to be reached by the year 2000.

The increase in population after WW2 resulted in the need for more schools and teachers.

The soviets launched Sputnik causing Congress to pass the National Defense Education Act.

The goals of No Child Left Behind included ___

The Civil Rights Act of 1954 ___

The computer revolution ___

Move toward focusing teaching on reading, writing, and math

Title IX, which was passed in 1972, prohibited discrimination based on race.

Sixteen general career areas, each having a wide range of related opportunities

The Equal Opportunity in Education Act ___

in A Nation at Risk, it was reported that the rate of illiteracy in America had dropped

Statements of what students are expected to know/be able to do at certain points

In the 1950s, many educators ___