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Statements of what students are expected to know and be able to do at certain points in their education. They are set by national organizations, states, and many school districts. Sometimes called instructional goals.
What are educational standards.
100
Levels of knowledge and skills to be mastered in specific subject areas.
What are national standards.
100
Education in two languages.
What is bilingual education.
100
The goal of Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas, was to prove that this educational social practice was unconstitutional.
What is separate but equal
100
In the 1950s, many educators used rewards and punishments to control students, believed that by controlling the environment, they would produce well-educated students. These ideas are attribued to_____.
What is B.F. Skinner’s theory of behaviorism
200
A public school that operates with freedom from many of the regulations that apply to traditional public schools.
What are charter schools.
200
Tests that measure students’ performance compared to that of thousands of other students.
What are standarized tests.
200
A federal government program designed to help preschool children from low-income families develop the skills they need for success in kindergarten and beyond.
What is Project Head Start.
200
Title IX, which was passed in 1972, created more opportunies for this group of Americans.
Who are women.
200
This act called for an end to segregation in schools.
What is the Civil Rights Act of 1954.
300
Move toward focusing teaching on reading, writing, and math.
What is the back-to-basics movement.
300
Unable to read or write.
What is illiterate.
300
Providing proof that standards, such as educational goals, are being achieved.
What is accountability.
300
In the 1983 report, A Nation at Risk, it was reported that the rate of this had increased.
What is illiteracy in America
300
The Equal Opportunity in Education Act prohibited discrimination based on
What is gender.
400
Teaching methods that require students to demonstrate their abilities in subject areas.
What is competency-based education.
400
Sixteen general career areas, each having a wide range of related opportunities.
What are career clusters.
400
The increase in population after this event resulted in the need for more schools and teachers.
What is WWII
400
The Goals 2000 Act of 1994 included six educational goals to be reached by the year .
What is 2000.
400
Occurred due to the decline in cost of computers.
What is the computer revolution.
500
The interconnection of nations around the world through finance, international companies, and trade.
What is the global economy.
500
The great increase in births after the end of World War II.
What was the baby boom.
500
The launching of this satellite by the Soviets caused Congress to pass the National Defense Education Act.
What is Sputnik
500
During these two decades, education in America was affected by world events and social change.
What is the 1940s and 1950s
500
The goals of No Child Left Behind included more choices for parents when
What is choosing schools for their children