TA Chapter 4

The computer revolution________________.

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

Movement toward focusing teaching on reading, writing, and math

Program designed to help preschool children from low-income families get ready for kindergarten

The Equal Opportunity in Education Act _________________.

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

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

Public school thatoperates withfreedom from many ofthe regulationsthat apply totraditional ones

a decades-long standoff that began in the late 1940s after World War II

During the 1940s and 1950s, education in America_____________________.

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

This Act included six educational goals to be reached by the year 2000

Whichpresident believed thegovernment was2 createguidelines forachieving excellence ineducation

Education in two languages

Unable to read or write

Which of the following statements about desegregation and busing is true?

Movement in the United States led primarily by African-Americans to gain equal rights

The goals of No Child Left Behind included_________________.

All 50 states have approved charter schools

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

The Supreme Court decision for Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas in 1954

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

The interconnectedness ofnations around theworld throughfinance,international companies & trade

In the 1950s, many educators_____________.

Law improvedschools in need bygiving federal funds tothem basedon numberof poorchildrenenrolled

Sequences ofcourses toprepare studentsfor atransition from highschool topostsecondary education