Question 1

Which of the following initiatives was issued by the Obama administration?

Accepted Answer

A)  Learning by Standards 
B)  No Child Left Behind 
C)  Segregated Learning 
D)  A Blueprint for Reform

Question 2

Argue for or against the symbolic interactionist perspective of education. Include in your argument your opinions on the symbolic interactionist way of solving education problems.

Accepted Answer

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Question 3

Which statement best describes the relationship between early immigration and education?

Accepted Answer

A)  High rates of immigration in the nineteenth century brought about the free public school movement in the United States. 
B)  Most immigrants arriving in the United States in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries could read and write. 
C)  Some immigrants were required to earn a high school diploma before they were granted citizenship in the United States. 
D)  In the second half of the twentieth century, the United States experienced low immigration rates.

Question 4

A person who is unable to read or write at the skill level necessary for carrying out everyday tasks is said to be

Accepted Answer

A)  learning disabled. 
B)  a symbolic interactionist. 
C)  a dysfunctional student. 
D)  functionally illiterate.

Question 5

Why do some social analysts believe that illiteracy will not be a problem for the United States in the future?

Accepted Answer

A)  New technology will make reading obsolete. 
B)  The definition of literacy has changed over time. 
C)  Schools have solved the illiteracy problem. 
D)  Fewer immigrants are moving to the Unites States.

Question 6

Which of the following statements regarding literacy is true?

Accepted Answer

A)  People are considered illiterate if they read at an eighth-grade level. 
B)  Most prison inmates are better than average readers and writers. 
C)  The rate of functional illiteracy is higher among minority group members. 
D)  Three-quarters of all American adults are considered functionally illiterate.

Question 7

Which of the following statements most accurately describes the effect that the hidden curriculum has on students in the United States?

Accepted Answer

A)  All students are equally affected by the hidden curriculum. 
B)  Middle- and upper-class students are most adversely affected. 
C)  Working-class and poverty-level students are most adversely affected. 
D)  Researchers cannot determine which students are most adversely affected.

Question 8

Young Americans are more likely to experience violent crime at school than at home.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

Which of the following best describes "report card framing"?

Accepted Answer

A)  The media gives students, teachers, and schools grades based on test scores. 
B)  Schools tend to focus attention and funding on students who perform well. 
C)  Parents tend to over-reward their children for receiving good grades. 
D)  The government only tracks the grades of the best-performing students, teachers, and schools.

Question 10

Social assets that children gain from their home life and bring with them to the classroom are

Accepted Answer

A)  natural skills. 
B)  the hidden curriculum. 
C)  cultural capital. 
D)  proof of inequality.

Question 11

Conflict theorists believe that schools perpetuate inequalities based on race, class, and gender.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

What percentage of PhDs were earned by Hispanic students in the 2007-2008 school year?

Accepted Answer

A)  under 1 percent 
B)  about 4 percent 
C)  about 20 percent 
D)  more than 50 percent

Question 13

Which of the following best define manifest functions?

Accepted Answer

A)  open, stated, and intended goals or consequences of activities within an organization or institution 
B)  hidden, unstated, and sometimes unintended consequences of activities in an organization or institution 
C)  compulsory school attendance 
D)  help for students to establish social networks

Question 14

According to the symbolic interactionist perspective, how can teachers help reduce student learning problems?

Accepted Answer

A)  lower their expectations for all students 
B)  double the amount of funding to public schools 
C)  eliminate all private and religious schools 
D)  help students be more self-confident

Question 15

Which of the following statements regarding racially segregated schools is true?

Accepted Answer

A)  Racially segregated schools do not usually have high teacher-student ratios. 
B)  Segregated schools mirror race- and class-based residential segregation. 
C)  Efforts to bring about racial desegregation or integration have been extremely fast in this country. 
D)  More experienced teachers are sent to racially segregated schools where they are needed most.

Question 16

Explain the concept of a latent function and then list three latent functions of education not described in the book. Explain how these functions are carried out in schools.

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Question 17

School voucher systems

Accepted Answer

A)  give students government money to purchase education at the school of their choice. 
B)  help students excel on state proficiency tests in reading and math. 
C)  require students to travel outside of their home school district. 
D)  are considered unconstitutional because parents can give the money to religious schools.

Question 18

In regard to school financing, which of the following pays for the bulk of public education in the United States?

Accepted Answer

A)  the U.S. Congress 
B)  state and local governments 
C)  parents and guardians 
D)  the U.S. Department of Education

Question 19

In the early 1900s, you are a teacher in a classroom that is mostly made up of immigrants. You give a test to students to measure their current skill level. The students with the highest scores are most likely from which country?

Accepted Answer

A)  Italy 
B)  Poland 
C)  Russia 
D)  Norway

Question 20

According to interactionists, IQ (Intelligence Quotient) tests

Accepted Answer

A)  provide an accurate measure of how well students are doing in school. 
B)  strengthen students' feelings of self-esteem. 
C)  give an advantage to racial and ethnic minorities. 
D)  can lead to self-fulfilling prophecies regarding student performance.

Exam 12: Problems in Education