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Poverty in Relation to Education
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True or False?  Whether a country is developed, developing, or undeveloped their educational structures can contain: grade levels, curriculum, and assessment.
True
100
This three-word term for a nation’s economic output does not seem to have a linear relationship with scores on international achievement tests.
Gross Domestic Product
100
True or False? Iceland being the top country in having gender equality in education is also the top country in gender equality in other areas like the workforce and politics.
True
100
True or False? There is no clear correlation between education and the decreasing number of people living in poverty.
False
200
What two subjects does China test on at the end of each grade level?
Chinese language and mathematics
200
A 2012/2014 test of adult numerical literacy found the US was 18th of 22 tested nations. Countries from which region scored lower? Southwest Europe Northern Europe East Asia
Southwest Europe
200
Which country (United States, or Pakistan) do you think have a high gender-gap because of the low enrollment of kids in school?
Pakistan
200
This is a three-word term that helped veterans in the US after WWII and had a big emphasis on higher education. Also known as the Servicemen’s Readjustment Act of 1944.
The GI Bill
300
Unlike the United States, who assesses children throughout each year and at the end of each school year.  How frequently do schools in Africa test their students?
Assessed in grades 3, 6, and 9.
300
There are at least two factors that allow the PISA test in particular to measure education’s ability to prepare students to use knowledge in the real world. What is one of these?
Tests 15-year olds; uses real-world everyday problems.
300
What other high gender-gap is the United States in, other than education?
Political Empowerment
300
In 2000 the 189 members of the UN made an international partnership to help underdeveloped countries overcome problems of illiteracy, poverty, low health status, and quality of life. What is the name of this partnership? a. UNICEF b. Partnership for 21st century Skills c. Millennium Development Goals
c. Millennium Development Goals