How does ability tracking influence a school’s instructional program?

Tracking sets different standards of achievement.

What is the purpose of the Common Core State Standards (CCSS)?

To prepare all students for college and careers

How can teachers differentiate curriculum?

Adapting content, processes, and products to the student

Why are the arts being reduced or eliminated from the curriculum in favor of basic skills instruction?

High-stakes assessments and budgets dictate the curriculum.

Which of the following are considered elements of a public school curriculum?

The methods used to teach subjects

What are the components of a cooperative learning lesson?

Team scoring is for improvement over prior performance

Which disciplines constitute the social studies curriculum?

Political science, sociology, and economics

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How does ability tracking influence a school’s instructional program?
Low-income and minority students benefit from tracking.
Career and technical students receive no job training.
Tracking sets different standards of achievement.
The career track prepares students for college.
2
Curriculum choices are based on differing philosophies of education.
False
True
3
What is the purpose of the Common Core State Standards (CCSS)?
To replace state standards with national ones
to torture teachers and students
To prepare all students for college and careers
to fire bad teachers
4
How can teachers differentiate curriculum?
Teaching lessons to the whole class
Placing students into academic, general, & career education tracks
Adapting content, processes, and products to the student
Treating all students alike and equally
5
Why are the arts being reduced or eliminated from the curriculum in favor of basic skills instruction?
Not everyone benefits from the arts.
High-stakes assessments and budgets dictate the curriculum.
The arts are less relevant than other subjects.
The arts are considered "an extra" and aren't important.
6
Which of the following are considered elements of a public school curriculum?
Outside clubs using the school buildings
The methods used to teach subjects
The number of students in the school
Religious rituals and ceremonies
7
What are the components of a cooperative learning lesson?
Low-achieving students are less motivated to contribute
Hardworking students in the group do most of the work
Mastery of the content is assessed only as a group
Team scoring is for improvement over prior performance
8
Which of the following has had the most influence over the content of the curriculum in the past decade?
technology
parents
standards-based movement
back to basics movement
9
Future educators need to identify the hidden curriculum because it teaches students to think for themselves.
False
True
10
Which disciplines constitute the social studies curriculum?
Mathematics, science, and engineering
Political science, sociology, and economics
Psychology and foreign languages
Religion, literature, and science

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