Ch13 Pursuing Equity In Education Test Bank Answers

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Chapter 13: Pursuing Equity in Education

Multiple Choice

1. Which concept is a process resulting in learning and can occur in a variety of settings and towards a host of ends?

a. incarceration

b. schooling

c. education

d. curriculum

Learning Objective: 13.1: What is the difference between education and schooling?

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Education and Schooling

Difficulty Level: Easy

2. Education is a more ______ term than schooling as it relates to learning.

a. general

b. specific

c. official

d. established

Learning Objective: 13.1: What is the difference between education and schooling?

Cognitive Domain: Analysis

Answer Location: Education and Schooling

Difficulty Level: Medium

3. Sociologists like Pierre Bourdieu provide evidence that schools may reflect the inequalities of the larger society rather than eliminate them. Bourdieu is a scholar of ______.

a. micro-level experiences

b. individualistic explanations

c. status attainment theory

d. social reproduction theory

Learning Objective: 13.2: How would your understanding of the purpose of schools differ if you looked at it through the theoretical lens of status attainment or social reproduction?

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Social reproduction

Difficulty Level: Hard

4. Javier writes a paper about how education can lead to upward mobility. He interviewed his mother for the assignment because she was the first person to graduate from college in his family. Based on research and his mother’s experience he emphasizes the importance of education in a free society. Javier’s research is aligned with ______.

a. micro-level experiences

b. individualistic explanations

c. status attainment theory

d. social reproduction theory

Learning Objective: 13.2: How would your understanding of the purpose of schools differ if you looked at it through the theoretical lens of status attainment or social reproduction?

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Status Attainment: Schools as the Great Equalizer

Difficulty Level: Hard

5. According to social reproduction theory what is a solution to eliminating inequality in education?

a. conflict

b. critical pedagogy

c. compulsory public schooling

d. social stratification

Learning Objective: 13.2: How would your understanding of the purpose of schools differ if you looked at it through the theoretical lens of status attainment or social reproduction?

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Critical Pedagogy

Difficulty Level: Medium

6. In which region are gender disparities between boys and girls in relation to out-of-school rates the highest?

a. Global North

b. Global South

c. The United Nations

d. North America

Learning Objective: 13.3: How do schools perpetuate inequalities in wider society?

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Education: A Human Right Not Accessible to All

Difficulty Level: Medium

7. In which region are general out-of-school rates highest for all primary school-aged children?

a. Global North

b. Global South

c. The United Nations

d. North America

Learning Objective: 13.3: How do schools perpetuate inequalities in wider society?

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Education: A Human Right Not Accessible to All

Difficulty Level: Medium

8. ______ operate independently of most government funding and regulations.

a. Public schools

b. Private schools

c. Charter schools

d. Religious schools

Learning Objective: 13.3: How do schools perpetuate inequalities in wider society?

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Inequality Among Schools

Difficulty Level: Easy

9. A vast majority of students in the United States attend ______ schools.

a. home

b. private

c. charter

d. public

Learning Objective: 13.3: How do schools perpetuate inequalities in wider society?

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Inequality Among Schools

Difficulty Level: Medium

10. Two of the most important predictors of school quality in the United States are ______ and _______.

a. funding; segregation

b. segregation; political views

c. funding; political views

d. religious views; segregation

Learning Objective: 13.3: How do schools perpetuate inequalities in wider society?

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Inequality Among Schools

Difficulty Level: Easy

11. Teacher and scholar Jonathan Kozol brought national attention to the issue of school funding disparities in the early 1990s with his book ______.

a. The Selfish Gene

b. The New Jim Crow

c. Savage Inequalities

d. Communist Manifesto

Learning Objective: 13.3: How do schools perpetuate inequalities in wider society?

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Funding

Difficulty Level: Easy

12. Maria believes that education is the great equalizer in society. Christina argues that inequalities persist because many children attend poorly funded and inadequate schools. Maria thinks that this is impossible because all U.S. public schools receive local, state, and federal funding. Christina clarifies that a majority of school funding comes from ______.

a. corporate sponsors

b. local property taxes

c. low teacher salaries

d. private donors

Learning Objective: 13.3: How do schools perpetuate inequalities in wider society?

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Funding

Difficulty Level: Hard

13. Which school is most likely to struggle with a teacher shortage in the United States?

a. an elementary school in the suburbs

b. a public high school in a low-income urban area

c. a private elementary school in an urban area

d. a magnet school in a rural area

Learning Objective: 13.3: How do schools perpetuate inequalities in wider society?

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Funding

Difficulty Level: Hard

14. Approximately 1.3 million public school students were ______ during the 2015–2016 school year.

a. impoverished

b. homeless

c. displaced

d. homeschooled

Learning Objective: 13.3: How do schools perpetuate inequalities in wider society?

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Funding

Difficulty Level: Medium

15. The landmark U.S. Supreme Court case, ______, ruled unconstitutional the “separate-but-equal” philosophy in 1954 mandating neighborhood schools to desegregate.

a. Roe v. Wade

b. Miranda v. Arizona

c. Dred Scott v. Sandford

d. Brown v. Board of Education

Learning Objective: 13.3: How do schools perpetuate inequalities in wider society?

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Segregation

Difficulty Level: Medium

16. Which type of schools formed as a more favorable solution to racial segregation than busing?

a. homeschools

b. private schools

c. charter schools

d. magnet schools

Learning Objective: 13.3: How do schools perpetuate inequalities in wider society?

Cognitive Domain: Analysis

Answer Location: Segregation

Difficulty Level: Medium

17. White flight demonstrates that segregation is ______.

a. illegal

b. involuntary

c. government sanctioned

d. intentional

Learning Objective: 13.3: How do schools perpetuate inequalities in wider society?

Cognitive Domain: Analysis

Answer Location: Segregation

Difficulty Level: Medium

18. ______ places students on particular “tracks” or pathways characterized by difference academic experiences and outcomes.

a. Implicit tracking

b. Explicit tracking

c. Zero tolerance

d. Academic tracking

Learning Objective: 13.3: How do schools perpetuate inequalities in wider society?

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Academic Tracking

Difficulty Level: Easy

19. Which type of tracking is most prevalent in schools in the United States?

a. open tracking

b. implicit tracking

c. zero tolerance

d. explicit tracking

Learning Objective: 13.3: How do schools perpetuate inequalities in wider society?

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Academic Tracking

Difficulty Level: Medium

20. Which concept explains why even the most well intentioned educators may contribute to educational inequalities?

a. implicit tracking

b. explicit tracking

c. abstract tracking

d. academic tracking

Learning Objective: 13.3: How do schools perpetuate inequalities in wider society?

Cognitive Domain: Analysis

Answer Location: Academic Tracking

Difficulty Level: Medium

21. Which school policy directly contributes to the school-to-prison pipeline by criminalizing routine behavior?

a. zero tolerance

b. cradle-to grave

c. school-to-job market

d. hidden curriculum

Learning Objective: 13.3: How do schools perpetuate inequalities in wider society?

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Discipline Disparities

Difficulty Level: Medium

22. ______ policies attach strict, unwavering punishment to all student behavior interpreted as potentially dangerous.

a. Zero tolerance

b. Cradle-to grave

c. School-to-job market

d. School-to-prison pipeline

Learning Objective: 13.3: How do schools perpetuate inequalities in wider society?

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Discipline Disparities

Difficulty Level: Easy

23. School dress codes often feature a long list of violations for girls’ attire, but very little suggestions for boys’ attire. The message from excessive regulation of girls’ clothing implies that girls’ appearances are more important than boys’. It also implies that women’s bodies must be controlled in public space. This is an example of how schools provide a/an ______.

a. hidden curriculum

b. college-preparatory curriculum

c. critical pedagogy

d. status attainment

Learning Objective: 13.3: How do schools perpetuate inequalities in wider society?

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Hidden Curriculum

Difficulty Level: Hard

24. Which statement accurately describes rates of suspension and discipline in public schools?

a. The rate of suspension and discipline is about equal for all groups.

b. Girls are suspended at higher rates than boys.

c. Low-income students and minority students misbehave more, and therefore are suspended at higher rates.

d. Low-income students of color are punished more frequently and severely than their peers for the same offenses.

Learning Objective: 13.3: How do schools perpetuate inequalities in wider society?

Cognitive Domain: Analysis

Answer Location: Hidden Curriculum

Difficulty Level: Medium

25. Which aspect of society primarily influences differences in school readiness?

a. intelligence

b. gender

c. socioeconomic status

d. extra-curricular activities

Learning Objective: 13.3: How do schools perpetuate inequalities in wider society?

Cognitive Domain: Analysis

Answer Location: Inequality Outside of Schools

Difficulty Level: Medium

26.Which factor is an exclusive class advantage for privileged students?

a. homeschooling

b. charter schooling

c. shadow education

d. college-prep education

Learning Objective: 13.3: How do schools perpetuate inequalities in wider society?

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Inequality Outside of Schools

Difficulty Level: Easy

27. Which group is most vulnerable to summer learning loss?

a. elite children

b. upper-class children

c. middle-class children

d. low-income children

Learning Objective: 13.3: How do schools perpetuate inequalities in wider society?

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Inequality Outside of Schools

Difficulty Level: Easy

28. ______ means treating everyone the same, or equally, as a way of being fair.

a. Equity

b. Justice

c. Equality

d. Fairness

Learning Objective: 13.4: What strategies have emerged to promote educational equity?

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Reforms That Can Improve Education Systems

Difficulty Level: Easy

29. Which statement accurately describes equity in an educational setting?

a. Implementing the same teaching style to deliver instruction to all students.

b. Administering one standardized exam to assess everyone’s learning.

c. Expanding access to schooling globally.

d. Retraining administration.

Learning Objective: 13.4: What strategies have emerged to promote educational equity?

Cognitive Domain: Analysis

Answer Location: Reforms That Can Improve Education Systems

Difficulty Level: Medium

30. How does the Malala Fund promote secondary education for girls in the Global South?

a. providing homeschool curriculum to families

b. establishing new universities

c. investing in local education advocates

d. encouraging early marriage

Learning Objective: 13.4: What strategies have emerged to promote educational equity?

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Expanding Access to Education

Difficulty Level: Medium

31. What international organization prioritizes education in its sustainable development goals to drive increasing international aid?

a. The United Nations

b. World Health Organization

c. International Monetary Fund

d. International Labor Organization

Learning Objective: 13.4: What strategies have emerged to promote educational equity?

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Expanding Access to Education

Difficulty Level: Medium

32. ______ refers to the practice of educating children outside the confines of traditional schools, whether public or private.

a. Homeschooling

b. Charter schooling

c. Shadow education

d. College-prep education

Learning Objective: 13.4: What strategies have emerged to promote educational equity?

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Changing the School Experience

Difficulty Level: Easy

33. ______ is/are publicly funded but privately run schools and the fastest growing public schools in the United States.

a. Homeschooling

b. Charter schools

c. Shadow education

d. College-prep education

Learning Objective: 13.4: What strategies have emerged to promote educational equity?

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Changing the School Experience

Difficulty Level: Easy

34. At a government level, the ______ program allocates federal aid to schools with large proportions of low-income students.

a. Title I

b. Title II

c. Title III

d. Title IV

Learning Objective: 13.4: What strategies have emerged to promote educational equity?

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Restructuring Education Funding

Difficulty Level: Easy

35. Under a Title I program, ______ is geared towards a select group of students deemed failing or most at risk of failing.

a. homeschooling

b. voucher assistance

c. targeted assistance

d. school-wide assistance

Learning Objective: 13.4: What strategies have emerged to promote educational equity?

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Restructuring Education Funding

Difficulty Level: Easy

36. ______ re-appropriate(s) governmental education funding to individual families who must use the money toward private-school tuition.

a. Homeschooling

b. Charter schools

c. Voucher programs

d. College-prep education

Learning Objective: 13.4: What strategies have emerged to promote educational equity?

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Restructuring Education Funding

Difficulty Level: Easy

37. Which statement describes the effectiveness of voucher programs?

a. They save tax payers thousands of dollars.

b. They help struggling public schools.

c. They are federally mandated in all states.

d. They produce lower standardized test scores.

Learning Objective: 13.4: What strategies have emerged to promote educational equity?

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Restructuring Education Funding

Difficulty Level: Medium

38. In terms of demographic representation, most k-12 teachers are ______.

a. White men

b. Black men

c. White women

d. Black women

Learning Objective: 13.4: What strategies have emerged to promote educational equity?

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Diversifying the Teaching Profession

Difficulty Level: Medium

39. Research indicates that having Black teachers results in which outcome for Black boys?

a. reduced high-school dropout rates

b. lower expectations of college attendance

c. more absences as compared to their White counterparts

d. higher achievement in math and science courses

Learning Objective: 13.4: What strategies have emerged to promote educational equity?

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Diversifying the Teaching Profession

Difficulty Level: Medium

40. The Encuentros Teacher Academy seeks to recruit more Latino teachers. Which statement explains why this mission is important to promoting educational equity?

a. It seeks to hire staff with backgrounds similar to their students.

b. It attempts to close the gap of educational inequality.

c. It seeks to maintain the status quo regarding Latino leaders.

d. It seeks to create higher expectations of college attendance.

Learning Objective: 13.4: What strategies have emerged to promote educational equity?

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Diversifying the Teaching Profession

Difficulty Level: Medium

True/False

1. Education represents the culmination of everything people learn in their lifetimes.

Learning Objective: 13.1: What is the difference between education and schooling?

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Education and Schooling

Difficulty Level: Medium

2. Both scholars and laypeople no longer view the public school system as a tool for social mobility.

Learning Objective: 13.2: How would your understanding of the purpose of schools differ if you looked at it through the theoretical lens of status attainment or social reproduction?

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Status Attainment: Schools as the Great Equalizer

Difficulty Level: Easy

3. From a social reproduction perspective, an efficient, effective education system is a fundamental precursor to a successful society.

Learning Objective: 13.2: How would your understanding of the purpose of schools differ if you looked at it through the theoretical lens of status attainment or social reproduction?

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Social Reproduction

Difficulty Level: Medium

4. According to the status attainment perspective, modern societies use compulsory public schooling to train citizens for appropriate occupations.

Learning Objective: 13.2: How would your understanding of the purpose of schools differ if you looked at it through the theoretical lens of status attainment or social reproduction?

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Status Attainment: Schools as the Great Equalizer

Difficulty Level: Medium

5. The United States has educational policies that are equal across all 50 states.

Learning Objective: 13.2: How would your understanding of the purpose of schools differ if you looked at it through the theoretical lens of status attainment or social reproduction?

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Status Attainment: Schools as the Great Equalizer

Difficulty Level: Easy

6. As noted by the critical pedagogy, the use of power in schools allows the masses to use education to challenge the status quo and pursue justice.

Learning Objective: 13.2: How would your understanding of the purpose of schools differ if you looked at it through the theoretical lens of status attainment or social reproduction?

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Critical Pedagogy

Difficulty Level: Medium

7. Race and class-based segregation plague the public school system in the United States.

Learning Objective: 13.3: How do schools perpetuate inequalities in wider society?

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Social Problems in Education and Schools

Difficulty Level: Easy

8. Because private schools are exempt from many federal regulations that govern public education, they are more equipped to meet the needs of diverse student populations.

Learning Objective: 13.3: How do schools perpetuate inequalities in wider society?

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Inequality Among Schools

Difficulty Level: Medium

9. Private schools are not bound to the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA).

Learning Objective: 13.3: How do schools perpetuate inequalities in wider society?

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Inequality Among Schools

Difficulty Level: Easy

10. The United States has the lowest per-student public spending rate.

Learning Objective: 13.3: How do schools perpetuate inequalities in wider society?

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Funding

Difficulty Level: Easy

11. Effective teaching is the strongest school-level predictor of student success.

Learning Objective: 13.3: How do schools perpetuate inequalities in wider society?

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Funding

Difficulty Level: Easy

12. Children from low-income families are more likely than wealthier students to have computers, microscopes, and other technology at home to assist with their learning.

Learning Objective: 13.3: How do schools perpetuate inequalities in wider society?

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Funding

Difficulty Level: Easy

13. Open enrollment policies allow children to enroll in any public school within or outside their home district.

Learning Objective: 13.3: How do schools perpetuate inequalities in wider society?

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Segregation

Difficulty Level: Medium

14. Today, U.S. public schools are significantly less segregated than they were in the 1950s.

Learning Objective: 13.3: How do schools perpetuate inequalities in wider society?

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Segregation

Difficulty Level: Easy

15. In the United States, tracking tends to occur implicitly, rather than explicitly, within schools.

Learning Objective: 13.3: How do schools perpetuate inequalities in wider society?

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Academic Tracking

Difficulty Level: Easy

16. In regards to zero tolerance policies, school resource officers can participate in the criminalization process.

Learning Objective: 13.3: How do schools perpetuate inequalities in wider society?

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Discipline Disparities

Difficulty Level: Easy

17. A student’s school readiness tends to vary drastically according to the family’s socioeconomic status.

Learning Objective: 13.3: How do schools perpetuate inequalities in wider society?

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Inequality Outside of Schools

Difficulty Level: Medium

18. Shadow education opportunities help close the class-based disparity gap in academic achievement.

Learning Objective: 13.3: How do schools perpetuate inequalities in wider society?

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Inequality Outside of Schools

Difficulty Level: Medium

19. Summer learning loss corresponds to socioeconomic status.

Learning Objective: 13.3: How do schools perpetuate inequalities in wider society?

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Inequality Outside of Schools

Difficulty Level: Medium

20. Despite extraordinary aid levels and measurable progress, there continues to be a persistent global education funding gap among low- and middle-income countries.

Learning Objective: 13.4: What strategies have emerged to promote educational equity?

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Expanding Access to Education

Difficulty Level: Medium

21. Eliminating the global funding gap in education is an achievable goal.

Learning Objective: 13.4: What strategies have emerged to promote educational equity?

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Expanding Access to Education

Difficulty Level: Easy

22. Scholars and policy makers have concerns that homeschooled children lag behind their peers academically and socially.

Learning Objective: 13.4: What strategies have emerged to promote educational equity?

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Changing the School Experience

Difficulty Level: Easy

23. Homeschooling is done primarily by the parents without facilitation from outside networks.

Learning Objective: 13.4: What strategies have emerged to promote educational equity?

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Changing the School Experience

Difficulty Level: Easy

24. Most U.S. families send their school-aged children to public school every day.

Learning Objective: 13.4: What strategies have emerged to promote educational equity?

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Changing the School Experience

Difficulty Level: Easy

25. Sociologists believe that “no excuse charters” undermine students’ learning and development by elevating stress and depleting motivation.

Learning Objective: 13.4: What strategies have emerged to promote educational equity?

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Changing the School Experience

Difficulty Level: Medium

26. Confronting social problems can go a long way toward improving existing educational systems and student outcomes.

Learning Objective: 13.4: What strategies have emerged to promote educational equity?

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Supplementing Classroom Instruction

Difficulty Level: Easy

27. Program participation in at-home summer reading programs can combat summer learning loss.

Learning Objective: 13.4: What strategies have emerged to promote educational equity?

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Supplementing Classroom Instruction

Difficulty Level: Medium

28. Many schools in this era have begun to cut recess and arts to increase instructional time in core subjects.

Learning Objective: 13.4: What strategies have emerged to promote educational equity?

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Supplementing Classroom Instruction

Difficulty Level: Easy

29. Title I programs address the root cause of funding inequity in education.

Learning Objective: 13.4: What strategies have emerged to promote educational equity?

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Restructuring Education Funding

Difficulty Level: Easy

30. Studies find that students who receive vouchers to attend private schools perform better on standardized tests than students who receive vouchers to attend public schools.

Learning Objective: 13.4: What strategies have emerged to promote educational equity?

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Restructuring Education Funding

Difficulty Level: Easy

Short Answer

1. People often use the terms education and schooling interchangeably in everyday language. How does sociology distinguish the difference sociologists make between these two terms?

Learning Objective: 13.1: What is the difference between education and schooling?

Cognitive Domain: Analysis

Answer Location: Status Attainment: Schools as the Great Equalizer

Difficulty Level: Medium

2. Briefly describe how the critical pedagogy helps even the playing field for students by treating all as potential thinkers and leaders.

Learning Objective: 13.2: How would your understanding of the purpose of schools differ if you looked at it through the theoretical lens of status attainment or social reproduction?

Cognitive Domain: Analysis

Answer Location: Critical Pedagogy

Difficulty Level: Medium

3. Describe the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA).

Learning Objective: 13.3: How do schools perpetuate inequalities in wider society?

Cognitive Domain: Analysis

Answer Location: Inequality Among Schools

Difficulty Level: Medium

4. Provide a contrasting example of how public school experiences can vary dramatically among and within schools.

Learning Objective: 13.3: How do schools perpetuate inequalities in wider society?

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Inequality Among Schools

Difficulty Level: Hard

5. Explain how implicit tracking can emerge unintentionally.

Learning Objective: 13.3: How do schools perpetuate inequalities in wider society?

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Academic Tracking

Difficulty Level: Hard

6. Describe the three disparities in suspension rates that have exerted an enormous impact on students’ educational experience and outcomes.

Learning Objective: 13.3: How do schools perpetuate inequalities in wider society?

Cognitive Domain: Analysis

Answer Location: Discipline Disparities

Difficulty Level: Medium

7. Provide the four defined competency areas of importance for school readiness.

Learning Objective: 13.3: How do schools perpetuate inequalities in wider society?

Cognitive Domain: Analysis

Answer Location: Inequality Outside of Schools

Difficulty Level: Medium

8. Provide at least two examples of how summer learning loss corresponds to socioeconomic status.

Learning Objective: 13.3: How do schools perpetuate inequalities in wider society?

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Inequality Outside of Schools

Difficulty Level: Hard

9. Describe how the “Robin Hood” approach in Wyoming effected education funding.

Learning Objective: 13.4: What strategies have emerged to promote educational equity?

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Restructuring Education Funding

Difficulty Level: Hard

10. Discuss the pros and cons of voucher programs.

Learning Objective: 13.4: What strategies have emerged to promote educational equity?

Cognitive Domain: Analysis

Answer Location: Restructuring Education Funding

Difficulty Level: Medium

Essay

1. Scholars consistently find class-based achievement gaps with high-income students outperforming low-income students. Explain why these achievement gaps emerge utilizing the social reproduction theoretical lens.

Learning Objective: 13.2: How would your understanding of the purpose of schools differ if you looked at it through the theoretical lens of status attainment or social reproduction?

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Social Reproduction

Difficulty Level: Hard

2. A family just moved to a new area and the children need to find a new school. The family consists of one adult caregiver who has a very demanding full-time job. Due to the caregiver’s schedule it is necessary for the school to provide transportation to and from school. One of the children has a developmental delay and needs specialized resources for academic success. Which type of school should the caregiver enroll their children in?

Learning Objective: 13.3: How do schools perpetuate inequalities in wider society?

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Inequality Among Schools

Difficulty Level: Hard

3. Describe how the hidden curriculum shapes schooling experiences for low-income and minority students.

Learning Objective: 13.3: How do schools perpetuate inequalities in wider society?

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Hidden Curriculum

Difficulty Level: Hard

4. Describe the efforts of Malala Yousafzai advocating for girls’ education by creating the Malala Fund.

Learning Objective: 13.4: What strategies have emerged to promote educational equity?

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Expanding Access to Education

Difficulty Level: Hard

5. Describe the Finnish education system and how it differs from that in the United States.

Learning Objective: 13.4: What strategies have emerged to promote educational equity?

Cognitive Domain: Analysis

Answer Location: Comparing the Teaching Profession in Finland and the United States

Difficulty Level: Medium