Deck 4: School Issues That Relate to At-Risk Children and Youth

Question 1

Which of the following is not considered part of the Educational Structure?

A)School structure
B)Curriculum issues
C)Hot lunch program
D)Classroom structure

Answer 1

C

Question 2

Which movement emerged from the school choice movement?

A)The charter school movement
B)The school within a school movement
C)The streaming movement
D)The conservative competition movement

Answer 2

A

Question 3

Team teaching provides teachers with:

A)the ability to receive immediate feedback from one another.
B)a change of instructor for the classroom.
C)more time to grade papers.
D)control of larger number of students.

Answer 3

A

Question 4

Teens often regress into past behavior after receiving treatment owing to:

A)an unstable personality.
B)divorced parents who struggle with communication.
C)a poorly implemented school curriculum.
D)reconnection with a deviant peer group.

Question 5

What might explain the shift in the self-confidence levels of adolescent girls?

A)Peer pressure to conform
B)The realization that others are more talented than they are
C)A psychological shift from the need to achieve to the need to belong
D)Increased competition from adolescent boys

Question 6

What is not a goal of the Race to The Top (RTTT)?

A)Improve student achievement
B)Improve high school graduation rate
C)Increase community and parent support
D)Ensure post-secondary success

Question 7

Which of the following is not an aspect of flipped classrooms that could help at- risk youth?

A)Increased student-teacher interaction
B)Students can learn from peers.
C)Students can pace their learning.
D)Students can receive immediate feedback.

Question 8

How might the charter school movement be contributing to a decline in teaching standards?

A)It uses large classrooms that do not require student-teacher interaction.
B)It does not require that teachers be certified.
C)It does not require that teachers be bilingual.
D)It requires teachers to pass a certain number of students regardless of their achievement.

Question 9

In education, what does the term "at-risk" refer to?

A)Students who are at risk of school failure.
B)Teachers who are at risk of unemployment.
C)Schools that are at risk of closure.
D)Students that are at risk of failing to go to college.

Question 10

In the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) program, schools required to demonstrate improvement will do so most efficiently by:

A)focusing on resources on those children who test just below the minimum pass rates.
B)increasing school choice options for parents.
C)insisting stronger accountability from schools to meet pass rates for standardized test.
D)encouraging students to have a higher attendance rate.

Question 11

School Choice has been criticized for:

A)replicating inequalities based on socio-economic status
B)reducing the number of teachers needed
C)increasing class size
D)introducing competition

Question 12

Which of the following is not an example of social capital?

A)Supportive parents
B)Community support
C)Financial support
D)Supportive peers

Question 13

Which of the following is not an element common to effective schools?

A)Teachers engage students.
B)The staff is dedicated and caring.
C)Teachers are bilingual.
D)There are stable classroom routines.

Question 14

A focus on students' performance on standardized tests is:

A)an effective way to measure overall performance.
B)unfair to certain cultural minorities.
C)a narrow view of education.
D)a purely subjective measure of success.

Question 15

The primary organizing principle of the American educational system has been:

A)the pursuit of excellence.
B)the pursuit of conformity.
C)grade configuration.
D)ability streaming.

Question 16

Positive Behavior Support (PBS) is an alternative to "zero tolerance" polices that:

A)support teacher behavior with data that supports effective decisions and practices that support student behavior.
B)focus on the children with the highest incident of behavior problems.
C)provide faster responds to increasing incidences of disruption.
D)have yet to be proven as an acceptable alternative to Zero Tolerance.

Question 17

The Program on International Student Assessment (PISA) goal is to assess how well schools teach youth to think and solve common everyday problems in what three areas?

A)Science, mathematics, and art
B)Reading, mathematics, and science
C)Literature, art, and science
D)Mathematics, literature, and social science

Question 18

What description is not a discussed characterization of effective schools?

A)Community support
B)Academic emphasis
C)Zero Tolerance
D)Student involvement

Question 19

What is flipped in a flipped classroom?

A)The teachers learn, the students teach.
B)Students do the grading.
C)What is done in class is done outside of class.
D)The class is taught outside where possible.

Question 20

Which of the following is not a strategy to create a positive school climate?

A)Increased teacher empowerment
B)Increased student empowerment
C)Increased collaborative efforts and decision making
D)Increased presence of security guards

Question 21

The United States maintains separate and unequal schools and neighborhoods.

Question 22

The ability to recall facts is indicative of a student's problem-solving skills.

Question 23

Classroom structure affects the academic experience of at-risk students.

Question 24

Being assigned a mentor is important to ensure that new teachers continue teaching.

Question 25

Effective schools are often located in communities that have high expectations of them.