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HISTORY OF EDUCATION TEST

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Story of American Public Education

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  1. How much of the total population is in school on a typical week day?

    • 1 in 5

    • 3 in 5

    • None

    • All

  2. By the time of the Civil War most Americans read what three items:

    • The Bible

    • Taxes

    • The Newspaper

    • The Village Posters

    • Nothing

  3. What was Webster’s textbook formally known as?

    • The Little Blue Book

    • The Webster Speller

    • The Blue Back Speller

    • The Little Speller

  4. What year was the textbook published?

    • 1783

    • 1784

    • 1999

    • 1802

  5. “Preach a crusade against ignorance. Establish and improve the law for educating the common people. General Education will help every man judge for himself what will secure or endanger his freedom.”

    • True

    • False

  6. Who said the phrase listed above?

    • George Washington

    • Thomas Jefferson

    • Abraham Lincoln

    • No one, it was False

  7. Thomas Jefferson’s plan did not consider the possibility of ______ geniuses?

    • Too many

    • Not enough

    • Female

    • Male

  8. What do public schools not know how to respond to? What topic is typically avoided by them since Plymouth Rock Landing?

    • Healthy Eating

    • Religion

    • Schooling Adjustments

    • Equilibrating Men

  9. Why do school boards want women teachers over men teachers?

    • More work will be done

    • Men are messy

    • Women have better control of classrooms

    • Women are cheaper when it comes to pay

  10. Who was the advocate of women teachers?

    • Catherine Beecher

    • Harriet Tubman

    • Oprah Winfrey

    • Keri Rodgers

  11. Why did the Virginia assembly laugh at Thomas Jefferson’s idea to send farmers to school? Why is this different from today’s view?​​

  12. At the nineteenth century fair of education, schools put on display the new technique of learning. What was it? Learning by ______

    • Listening

    • Doing

    • Acting

    • Paying

  13. Why were Gary Indiana schools a place to be envied?

    • Swimming pools

    • Playgrounds

    • Lakes

    • Cars

  14. Visitors from as far as _____ came to visit Gary?

    • Japan

    • Europe

    • Texas

    • Mexico

  15. In 1970 what large city put the Gary Plan into action?

    • New York

    • Washington DC

    • Indianapolis

    • It stayed in Gary

  16. What was introduced by Cumberly into public schools?

    • Grade levels

    • Career tracking

    • Organization

    • Nothing

  17. “People use to think of s[going to school as a way of _____”

    • Avoiding housework

    • Passing the time

    • Proving social status

    • Getting a job

  18. Scientists concluded that the average mental age of army recruits is what?

    • 13.8 years

    • 12 years

    • 12.8 years

    • 13 years

  19. All states required school attendance from students until age __?

    • 15

    • 16

    • 17

    • 18

  20. States still segregated schools by law ____                                           17     45%     18%

  21. Average schooling for Mexican Americans ____                                72%    8.5      13

  22. Percent of disabled children not enrolled in school ____                  5        5.4       89​​

  23. School was the place to bring ____ in America?

    • Down segregation

    • Back privileges

    • Reinforcements for the law

    • More education to children

  24. What was the overall argument for Brown vs. Board of Education?

  25. A decade after the Brown vs. Board of Education the courts were successful in desegregating schools.

    • True

    • False

  26. What president was viewed to be opposed to the “Public School Monopoly?”

    • George Washington

    • Abraham Lincoln

    • Ronald Reagan

    • Bill Clinton

  27. Cleveland Ohio became the first school to use what when it came to low income families attending schools?

    • Vouchers

    • Orders to pay

    • IOUs

    • Nothing

  28. What helps schools perform better?

    • Cycling in new teachers

    • New textbooks

    • Both a & b

    • None of the above

  29. Should schools be focused more on grades or overall performance? Why does overall performance mean so much to a school?

  30. Explain a charter school versus a public school. What is the main difference? How are they similar other than that? Which would you like better?

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Story of American Public Education

​

  1. How much of the total population is in school on a typical week day?

    • 1 in 5

  2. By the time of the Civil War most Americans read what three items:

    • The Bible

    • Taxes

    • The Newspaper

  3. What was Webster’s textbook formally known as?​

    • The Blue Back Speller

  4. What year was the textbook published?

    • 1783

  5. “Preach a crusade against ignorance. Establish and improve the law for educating the common people. General Education will help every man judge for himself what will secure or endanger his freedom.”

    • True

  6. Who said the phrase listed above?​

    • Thomas Jefferson

  7. Thomas Jefferson’s plan did not consider the possibility of ______ geniuses?​

    • Female

  8. What do public schools not know how to respond to? What topic is typically avoided by them since Plymouth Rock Landing?​

    • Religion

  9. Why do school boards want women teachers over men teachers?​

    • Women are cheaper when it comes to pay

  10. Who was the advocate of women teachers?

    • Catherine Beecher

  11. Why did the Virginia assembly laugh at Thomas Jefferson’s idea to send farmers to school? Why is this different from today’s view?​​

    • Answers may vary.

    • Base on idea that farmers should not be educated.​

  12. At the nineteenth century fair of education, schools put on display the new technique of learning. What was it? Learning by ______​

    • Doing

  13. Why were Gary Indiana schools a place to be envied?

    • Swimming pools

  14. Visitors from as far as _____ came to visit Gary?

    • Japan

  15. In 1970 what large city put the Gary Plan into action?

    • New York

  16. What was introduced by Cumberly into public schools?​

    • Career tracking

  17. “People use to think of s[going to school as a way of _____”​

    • Getting a job

  18. Scientists concluded that the average mental age of army recruits is what?

    • 13.8 years

  19. All states required school attendance from students until age __?​

    • 16

  20. States still segregated schools by law __17

  21. Average schooling for Mexican Americans __5.4

  22. Percent of disabled children not enrolled in school __72%

  23. School was the place to bring ____ in America?

    • Down segregation

  24. What was the overall argument for Brown vs. Board of Education?​

    • Better and Equal Education at a “white school”​

  25. A decade after the Brown vs. Board of Education the courts were successful in desegregating schools.​

    • False

  26. What president was viewed to be opposed to the “Public School Monopoly?”​

    • Ronald Reagan

  27. Cleveland Ohio became the first school to use what when it came to low income families attending schools?

    • Vouchers

  28. What helps schools perform better?​

    • Both a & b (Cycling in new teachers & New textbooks)

  29. Should schools be focused more on grades or overall performance? Why does overall performance mean so much to a school?

    • Overall performance leads to more students incoming and more money.​

  30. Explain a charter school versus a public school. What is the main difference? How are they similar other than that? Which would you like better?

    • Charter schools are public schools with more freedom.

    • (Objective answer on which is better)

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