Chapter 3: Schooling in a Social Context: Educational Environments

Test Bank

Multiple Choice

1. Among the factors that are included in the context of schooling is ______.

A. families

B. government

C. the general public

D. all of these

2. According to Meyer and Rowan, corporate schooling is ______.

A. focused on learning and instruction

B. is responsive to the needs of children and families

C. produce education for society

D. connected to the government

3. Meyer and Rowan argue that schools use standardized or uniform classifications because they provide ______.

A. credentialism

B. legitimacy

C. order

D. all of these

4. According to Noguera, ______ is a top factor that reduces a student’s academic performance in the classroom.

A. genetic predisposition

B. race

C. gender

D. none of these

5. The Broader, Bolder Approach (BBA) reform plan works by ______.

A. offering extended day academic activities

B. delivering literacy development in all content areas

C. building academic partnerships in the community

D. all of these

6. In the Noguera article, it is stated that in cities and towns where poverty is concentrated ______.

A. rates of interpersonal violence tends to be higher

B. health indicators tend to be more negative

C. stress tends to be worse

D. all of these

7. According to Semuels, local funding of schools contributes to inequality because ______.

A. wealthy districts have higher taxes, thus more money to fund education

B. teachers are less motivated to work in poor districts

C. poor schools have fewer resources to address behavioral problems

D. all of these

8. According to Semuels, why was the No Child Left Behind Act unsuccessful?

A. Schools struggled to keep up with testing requirements.

B. Many parents believed it was not fair.

C. It did not address unequal funding.

D. all of these

9. McCrory Calarco views culture as a “tool kit” which includes ______.

A. strategies of action

B. logics of action

C. interpretations of action

D. both strategies of action and logics of action

10. According to McCrory Calarco, children learn culture-based problem-solving from ______.

A. peers

B. parents

C. teachers

D. all of these

11. Which children are most comfortable voicing their needs in school?

A. children from working-class families

B. children from middle-class families

C. children who attend private schools

D. children who attend public schools

True/False

1. Families are part of the social context in which schools operate.

2. The federal government is required to provide equal funding for schools.

3. Meyer and Rowan argued that corporate schooling is based upon loose control and lack of evaluation and inspection.

4. According to Noguera, its teachers, not poverty that are the real obstacles to improving academic outcomes for poor children.

5. The Broader, Bolder Approach (BBA) reform plan is a comprehensive school reform strategy to reduce racism from schools and the classroom.

6. Middle-class families are more comfortable approaching teachers than working-class families are.

7. It is easy for states to provide equal funding across school districts.

8. Styles of parenting can help reproduce social inequality.

9. The United States is one of the only countries that allows local economies to determine the quality of local schools.