Chapter 7 Test Review

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

The goals of No Child Left Behind included

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

In the 1983 report, A Nation at Risk, it was reported that the rate of illiteracy in America had dropped.

The Equal Opportunity in Education Act

The interconnection of nations around the world through finance, international companies, and trade.

During the 1940s and 1950s, education in America

A govt. program desiged to help pre-k children from low-income families develop the skills they need for kindergarten.

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

Unable to read or write.

Unable to read or write.

The launching of the satellite Sputnik by the Soviets caused Congress to pass the National Defense Education Act.

The computer revolution

The Civil Rights Act of 1954

The goal of Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas, was the creation of separate but equal for all Americans.

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

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

What students are expected to know & be able to do at certain points in their education; aka instructional goals.

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

The Goals 2000 Act of 1994 included six educational goals to be reached by the year 2000.

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

Move toward focusing teaching on reading, writing, and math.

Education in two languages.

In the 1950s, many educators

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