Chapter 10: Family and Education: Institutionalizing Socialization

Test Bank

Multiple Choice

1. How does the U.S. Census bureau define a family?

a. a mother, a father, and their children

b. two parents and their children—or any two of the three

c. two or more people related by birth, marriage, or adoption who reside together

d. two or more people who love each other

Learning Objective: 10.1: Discuss how definitions of families are socially constructed and change over time.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: What Is a Family?

Difficulty Level: Medium

2. Jim’s parents, brother, and sister are a part of his ______.

a. family of orientation

b. extended family

c. family of procreation

d. step family

Learning Objective: 10.1: Discuss how definitions of families are socially constructed and change over time.

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Types of Families and Marriages

Difficulty Level: Medium

3. Ariel’s wife and child are part of her ______.

a. family of orientation

b. family of procreation

c. secondary family

d. extended family

Learning Objective: 10.1: Discuss how definitions of families are socially constructed and change over time.

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Types of Families and Marriages

Difficulty Level: Medium

4. Max lives with his wife, his three children, and his parents. They are an example of a(n) ______.

a. nuclear family

b. extended family

c. family of procreation

d. sibling family

Learning Objective: 10.1: Discuss how definitions of families are socially constructed and change over time.

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Types of Families and Marriages

Difficulty Level: Medium

5. An increase in ______ is one factor contributing to the worldwide shift towards more nuclear families.

a. urbanization

b. terrorism

c. arranged marriages

d. gender stratification

Learning Objective: 10.1: Discuss how definitions of families are socially constructed and change over time.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Types of Families and Marriages

Difficulty Level: Hard

6. Kholani is required to marry a boy from a neighboring village, despite being in love with a boy who lives in her same village. Kholani’s tribe is practicing ______.

a. exogamy

b. endogamy

c. homogamy

d. hypergamy

Learning Objective: 10.2: Illustrate different patterns of mate selection.

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Choice of Marriage Partners

Difficulty Level: Medium

7. Robert’s parents expect him to marry another Mormon, preferably from their own congregation. His family is practicing ______.

a. exogamy

b. endogamy

c. homogamy

d. hypergamy

Learning Objective: 10.2: Illustrate different patterns of mate selection.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Choice of Marriage Partners

Difficulty Level: Medium

8. Thalia hopes to find a partner who has the same political affiliation and a similar level of education. Thalia is practicing ______.

a. exogamy

b. polygamy

c. homogamy

d. hypergamy

Learning Objective: 10.2: Illustrate different patterns of mate selection.

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Choice of Marriage Partners

Difficulty Level: Hard

9. Zari and Ali have been dating for three months and are at the point in their relationship where they have begun exploring their common needs, ideas about family roles, and common activities. According to filter theory, Zari and Ali are in the ______ stage.

a. stimulus

b. value comparison

c. roles and needs

d. acceptance

Learning Objective: 10.2: Illustrate different patterns of mate selection.

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Finding a Mate

Difficulty Level: Hard

10. Which of the following is the most typical authority pattern in the world?

a. endogamy

b. egalitarianism

c. matriarchy

d. patriarchy

Learning Objective: 10.2: Illustrate different patterns of mate selection.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Decision Making in Marriage

Difficulty Level: Easy

11. Sociologists using ______ argue that the spouse with more resources has more power within the family.

a. evolutionary theory

b. resource theory

c. rational choice

d. filter theory

Learning Objective: 10.2: Illustrate different patterns of mate selection.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Decision Making in Marriage

Difficulty Level: Easy

12. Which of the following is TRUE of housework and childcare in the United States?

a. The differential in housework done by men and women has increased in recent decades.

b. Research shows a clear positive relationship between equity in households and successful marriages.

c. Husbands who do an equal share of the household chores report lower levels of satisfaction with the marriage.

d. Couples who split household chores are more likely to divorce.

Learning Objective: 10.2: Illustrate different patterns of mate selection.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Who Does the Housework?

Difficulty Level: Medium

13. The poverty rate in the United States has ______ since 2007.

a. decreased

b. stayed the same

c. increased

d. doubled

Learning Objective: 10.3: Provide examples of how families interact with other institutions.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Poverty and Families in the United States

Difficulty Level: Medium

14. Over the past 30 years, the percentage of babies born outside of marriage has more than doubled, rising from 18.4% to 40.3%. This is one major factor that has led to ______.

a. the feminization of poverty

b. a higher divorce rate

c. egalitarian family patterns

d. family-friendly work policies

Learning Objective: 10.3: Provide examples of how families interact with other institutions.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Poverty and Families in the United States

Difficulty Level: Medium

15. Which of the following is TRUE of marriage in the United States?

a. The marriage rate has increased slightly over the past 50 years.

b. Recent research has shown a relationship between higher rates of marriage and the loss of manufacturing jobs.

c. Those who marry tend to be more educated than those who do not marry.

d. Today, about 75% of adults are married.

Learning Objective: 10.3: Provide examples of how families interact with other institutions.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Poverty and Families in the United States

Difficulty Level: Medium

16. Poverty affects parenting; working class parents are more likely to use an approach called ______, which involves a more ______ approach.

a. concerted cultivation; hands-on

b. concerted cultivation; hands-off

c. accomplishment of natural growth; hands-on

d. accomplishment of natural growth; hands-off

Learning Objective: 10.3: Provide examples of how families interact with other institutions.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Poverty and Families in the United States

Difficulty Level: Medium

17. Which of the following is TRUE of divorce in the United States?

a. Divorce rates for most groups have been rising since the early 1980s.

b. There is little variation in divorce rates by state.

c. Men typically have an easier time emotionally adjusting to divorce than women.

d. Women typically have a more difficult time financially adjusting to divorce than men.

Learning Objective: 10.4: Describe controversial topics facing the family today.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Divorce: Contract Breaking

Difficulty Level: Medium

18. ______ was the first country to recognize same-sex unions in 1989, granting legal rights to such couples.

a. Denmark

b. The United States

c. France

d. Australia

Learning Objective: 10.4: Describe controversial topics facing the family today.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Same-Sex Marriage

Difficulty Level: Hard

19. Which of the following declarations regarding same-sex marriage did the U.S. Supreme Court make on June 26, 2015?

a. The Supreme Court declared same-sex marriages legal in all 50 states.

b. The Supreme Court struck down a law barring federal recognition of same-sex marriage.

c. The Supreme Court declared that states aren’t required to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples.

d. The Supreme Court declared same-sex marriages illegal in all 50 states.

Learning Objective: 10.4: Describe controversial topics facing the family today.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Same-Sex Marriage

Difficulty Level: Medium

20. ______ refers to learning skills such as reading and math in a building via systematic instruction by a trained professional.

a. Compulsory education

b. Schooling

c. Mass education

d. Informal education

Learning Objective: 10.5: Give examples of micro level interactions in schools.

Answer Location: Formal Education Systems

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Difficulty Level: Easy

21. Ty is an eighth-grade music teacher. Ty must support and encourage his students, but he must also give them poor grades if they don’t practice enough. This causes Ty to experience ______.

a. role conflict

b. de-professionalism

c. role strain

d. at-risk behavior

Learning Objective: 10.5: Give examples of micro level interactions in schools.

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Teachers: The Front Line

Difficulty Level: Medium

22. The ______ system of schools includes unspoken, unwritten, and implicit norms of behavior that we learn in school.

a. formal

b. specialized

c. informal

d. organized

Learning Objective: 10.6: Explain the formal and informal structures of schools.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: The Informal System: What Really Happens Inside a School?

Difficulty Level: Easy

23. Learning how to follow rules is part of ______.

a. shadow education

b. the formal curriculum

c. the hidden curriculum

d. the emotional climate

Learning Objective: 10.6: Explain the formal and informal structures of schools.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: The Informal System: What Really Happens Inside a School?

Difficulty Level: Medium

24. According to conflict theorists, the hidden curriculum is ______.

a. a way to track students according to their ability levels

b. a mechanism for teaching students the expectations, behaviors, and values necessary to succeed

c. a major source of class conflict

d. a social and economic agenda that maintains class differences.

Learning Objective: 10.6: Explain the formal and informal structures of schools.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: The Informal System: What Really Happens Inside a School?

Difficulty Level: Medium

25. Which of the following is a characteristic of the bureaucratic school structure?

a. There are few formalized rules and procedures.

b. Rationality governs the operations of the organization.

c. Schools employ a flat organizational structure.

d. Formalized relationships are downplayed in favor of personal relationships.

Learning Objective: 10.6: Explain the formal and informal structures of schools.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Bureaucratic School Structure

Difficulty Level: Easy

26. Jana is the athletic director at an area high school. Although she has experience as a math team, Jana is limited to scheduling athletic competitions. This reflects which of the following characteristics of Max Weber’s bureaucratic model?

a. specific rules and procedures

b. a division of labor

c. an emphasis on rationality

d. an emphasis on formalized relations

Learning Objective: 10.6: Explain the formal and informal structures of schools.

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Bureaucratic School Culture

Difficulty Level: Medium

27. Which of the following is a manifest function of formal education?

a. enhancing personal and social development

b. confining underage children

c. weakening parental controls over children

d. providing opportunities for peer cultures to develop

Learning Objective: 10.6: Explain the formal and informal structures of schools.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Functions of Education

Difficulty Level: Medium

28. Which of the following is a latent function of formal education?

a. selecting individuals for key positions in society

b. providing contexts for the development of friendships and mate selection

c. enhancing personal independence

d. promoting social participation, change, and innovation

Learning Objective: 10.6: Explain the formal and informal structures of schools.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Functions of Education

Difficulty Level: Medium

29. Which of the following is TRUE of parents with a lower socioeconomic status?

a. They are more likely to ask about their children’s progress.

b. They tend to have more interactions with teachers.

c. They are more likely to make it clear they want teachers to focus on their children.

d. They tend to be less involved in their children’s schooling.

Learning Objective: 10.7: Present evidence that schools contribute to the reproduction of social class.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Education and the Family

Difficulty Level: Medium

30. When wealthy Americans send their children to elite boarding schools, the result is ______.

a. shadow education

b. school choice

c. reproduction of class

d. free-choice education

Learning Objective: 10.7: Present evidence that schools contribute to the reproduction of social class.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Education Issues: The Road to Opportunity?

Difficulty Level: Easy

31. Which of the following can result in a “creaming process” that leaves traditional public schools with students who parents are less involved in their schooling?

a. the hidden curriculum

b. tracking

c. informal schooling

d. school choice

Learning Objective: 10.7: Present evidence that schools contribute to the reproduction of social class.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Education Issues: The Road to Opportunity?

Difficulty Level: Hard

32. When children are provided with equal facilities, financing, and access to school programs, they experience ______.

a. streaming

b. school choice

c. equal educational opportunity

d. reproduction of class

Learning Objective: 10.7: Present evidence that schools contribute to the reproduction of social class.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Can Schools Bring About Equality in Societies?

Difficulty Level: Easy

33. A social group or organization in which people are allocated to positions according to their abilities and credentials is known as a ______.

a. democracy

b. patriarchy

c. meritocracy

d. oligarchy

Learning Objective: 10.7: Present evidence that schools contribute to the reproduction of social class.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Who Gets Ahead and Why? The Role of Education in Stratification

Difficulty Level: Easy

34. What is shadow education?

a. informal education

b. the reproduction of class as it pertains to education

c. the negative latent functions of education

d. learning opportunities outside of school

Learning Objective: 10.7: Present evidence that schools contribute to the reproduction of social class.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Assessing Student Achievement: Testing

Difficulty Level: Easy

35. Amil’s parents can afford to send her to SAT prep classes. This is an example of which of the following?

a. school choice

b. tracking

c. streaming

d. shadow education

Learning Objective: 10.7: Present evidence that schools contribute to the reproduction of social class.

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Assessing Student Achievement: Testing

Difficulty Level: Medium

36. ______ separates students into different level classes within a school, while ______ separates students into different secondary schools.

a. Streaming; tracking

b. Tracking; streaming

c. School choice; shadow education

d. Shadow education; school choice

Learning Objective: 10.7: Present evidence that schools contribute to the reproduction of social class.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Student Tracking

Difficulty Level: Easy

37. Which of the following is practiced in Europe and Asia, but NOT in the United States?

a. streaming

b. tracking

c. school choice

d. shadow education

Learning Objective: 10.7: Present evidence that schools contribute to the reproduction of social class.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Student Tracking

Difficulty Level: Hard

38. Which of the following is TRUE of tracking in the United States?

a. Most sociologists have argued in favor of tracking, citing the benefits of individualized learning.

b. A student’s track placement almost always correlates with his or her ability.

c. Tracking can be arbitrary, based on teachers’ first impressions and questionable test results.

d. Students tend to make less progress when working in groups with a wide range of academic aptitudes.

Learning Objective: 10.7: Present evidence that schools contribute to the reproduction of social class.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Student Tracking

Difficulty Level: Medium

39. Which of the following is TRUE of public school funding in the United States?

a. Public schools are fully funded by the federal government.

b. The federal government provides about 45% of funding, which mostly comes from income taxes.

c. About 9% of funding comes from state governments.

d. Local governments provide about 45% of funding, which mostly comes from property taxes.

Learning Objective: 10.7: Present evidence that schools contribute to the reproduction of social class.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: School Funding

Difficulty Level: Medium

40. What does the Elementary and Secondary Education Act require?

a. full federal funding for all elementary and secondary schools

b. equal opportunity for participation in school-sponsored programs

c. equitable state and local funding for high-poverty and low-income schools

d. subsidized childcare for poor neighborhoods

Learning Objective: 10.7: Present evidence that schools contribute to the reproduction of social class.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: School Funding

Difficulty Level: Medium

True/False

1. Values are often transmitted from the family of orientation to the family of procreation.

Learning Objective: 10.1: Discuss how definitions of families are socially constructed and change over time.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Types of Families and Marriages

Difficulty Level: Medium

2. The family in which individuals are born is called the family of procreation.

Learning Objective: 10.1: Discuss how definitions of families are socially constructed and change over time.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: What Is a Family?

Difficulty Level: Easy

3. The most universal form of exogamy is the incest taboo.

Learning Objective: 10.2: Illustrate different patterns of mate selection.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Choice of Marriage Partners

Difficulty Level: Medium

4. In the United States, nearly 90% of marriages are between people of similar religious values.

Learning Objective: 10.2: Illustrate different patterns of mate selection.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Choice of Marriage Partners

Difficulty Level: Medium

5. Arranged marriages are becoming more common around the world.

Learning Objective: 10.2: Illustrate different patterns of mate selection.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Choice of Marriage Partners

Difficulty Level: Easy

6. Egalitarian family patterns are the norm in most U.S. households.

Learning Objective: 10.2: Illustrate different patterns of mate selection.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Decision Making in Marriage

Difficulty Level: Medium

7. The United States has been quicker than many other Global North countries to adopt family friendly work policies.

Learning Objective: 10.3: Provide examples of how families interact with other institutions.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Dual-Worker Families

Difficulty Level: Medium

8. In the United States, marriage has increasingly become an institution for the well-educated middle- and upper-classes.

Learning Objective: 10.3: Provide examples of how families interact with other institutions.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Poverty and Families in the United States

Difficulty Level: Medium

9. More than half of children in the United States today grow up with married parents in their first marriage.

Learning Objective: 10.4: Describe controversial topics facing the family today.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Divorce: Contract Breaking

Difficulty Level: Medium

10. Single mothers are almost twice as likely to be in poverty as single fathers.

Learning Objective: 10.4: Describe controversial topics facing the family today.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Divorce: Contract Breaking

Difficulty Level: Easy

11. The United States was the first country to allow same-sex marriage.

Learning Objective: 10.4: Describe controversial topics facing the family today.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Same-Sex Marriage

Difficulty Level: Easy

12. One reason that many people in the lesbian, gay, and bisexual communities in the United States fought for the legalization of same-sex marriage is because they felt that their partnerships were insufficiently institutionalized.

Learning Objective: 10.4: Describe controversial topics facing the family today.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Same-Sex Marriage

Difficulty Level: Medium

13. Since 1980, more men in the United States have attended and graduated from college than women.

Learning Objective: 10.5: Give examples of micro-level interactions in schools

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Students and the Peer Culture of Schools

Difficulty Level: Medium

14. Dimensions of the informal system of schooling include the hidden curriculum, the educational climate, the value climate, power dynamics, and coping strategies in the classroom.

Learning Objective: 10.6: Explain the formal and informal structures of schools.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: The Informal System: What Really Happens Inside a School?

Difficulty Level: Easy

15. According to conflict theorists, the hidden curriculum allows students to learn the expectations, behaviors, and values necessary to succeed in school and society.

Learning Objective: 10.6: Explain the formal and informal structures of schools.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: The Informal System: What Really Happens Inside a School?

Difficulty Level: Easy

16. In most schools, specific rules and procedures in cover everything from course content to discipline in the classroom and use of the schoolyard.

Learning Objective: 10.6: Explain the formal and informal structures of schools.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Bureaucratic School Structure

Difficulty Level: Easy

17. One result of the bureaucratic nature of schools is that children’s special needs are more easily met.

Learning Objective: 10.6: Explain the formal and informal structures of schools.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Bureaucratic School Structure

Difficulty Level: Medium

18. Providing an opportunity for peer cultures to develop is a manifest function of education.

Learning Objective: 10.6: Explain the formal and informal structures of schools.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Functions of Education

Difficulty Level: Medium

19. A latent function of education is that it weakens parental control over children.

Learning Objective: 10.6: Explain the formal and informal structures of schools.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Functions of Education

Difficulty Level: Medium

20. Most schools in the United States are meritocracies.

Learning Objective: 10.7: Present evidence that schools contribute to the reproduction of social class.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Who Gets Ahead and Why? The Role of Education in Stratification

Difficulty Level: Easy

21. Many scholars, including sociologists of education, argue that standardized test questions, the vocabulary employed, and testing situations disadvantage lower-class, minority, and immigrant students.

Learning Objective: 10.7: Present evidence that schools contribute to the reproduction of social class.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Who Gets Ahead and Why? The Role of Education in Stratification

Difficulty Level: Medium

22. Streaming separates students into different level classes within a school.

Learning Objective: 10.7: Present evidence that schools contribute to the reproduction of social class.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Who Gets Ahead and Why? The Role of Education in Stratification

Difficulty Level: Easy

23. Local governments provide about 45% of funding for public schools in the United States.

Learning Objective: 10.7: Present evidence that schools contribute to the reproduction of social class.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: School Funding

Difficulty Level: Medium

Essay

1. Why do sociologists refer to the family as the most basic institution of any society?

Learning Objective: 10.1: Discuss how definitions of families are socially constructed and change over time.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: What Is a Family?

Difficulty Level: Medium

2. Compare and contrast exogamy and endogamy. Provide an example of each.

Learning Objective: 10.2: Illustrate different patterns of mate selection.

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Choice of Marriage Partners

Difficulty Level: Medium

3. What is homogamy? How prevalent is it in the United States?

Learning Objective: 10.2: Illustrate different patterns of mate selection.

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Choice of Marriage Partners

Difficulty Level: Medium

4. How does resource theory explain decision making in marriage?

Learning Objective: 10.3: Provide examples of how families interact with other institutions.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Decision Making in Marriage

Difficulty Level: Medium

5. What is the second shift? How has the differential in housework done by women and men changed in recent decades?

Learning Objective: 10.3: Provide examples of how families interact with other institutions.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Who Does the Housework?

Difficulty Level: Medium

6. What policies could U.S. employers adopt to help support dual-worker families?

Learning Objective: 10.3: Provide examples of how families interact with other institutions.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Dual-Worker Families

Difficulty Level: Hard

7. What is the feminization of poverty? What are some causes of it?

Learning Objective: 10.3: Provide examples of how families interact with other institutions.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Poverty and Families in the United States

Difficulty Level: Hard

8. Why has the marriage rate in the United States declined over the past 50 years?

Learning Objective: 10.3: Provide examples of how families interact with other institutions.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Poverty and Families in the United States

Difficulty Level: Medium

9. Describe the benefits of gender equity in education.

Learning Objective: 10.5: Give examples of micro-level interactions in schools.

Answer Location: Students and the Peer Culture of Schools

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Difficulty Level: Medium

10. What are some causes of role strain experienced by teachers?

Learning Objective: 10.5: Give examples of micro-level interactions in schools.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Teachers: The Front Line

Difficulty Level: Medium

11. What is the hidden curriculum? Provide an example.

Learning Objective: 10.6: Explain the formal and informal structures of schools.

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: The Informal System: What Really Happens Inside a School?

Difficulty Level: Medium

12. How does Weber’s bureaucratic model apply to schools? What are three dysfunctions that schools face that relate to this organizational structure?

Learning Objective: 10.6: Explain the formal and informal structures of schools.

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Bureaucratic School Structure

Difficulty Level: Hard

13. How does socioeconomic status affect how most families stress the importance of education?

Learning Objective: 10.6: Explain the formal and informal structures of schools.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Education and the Family

Difficulty Level: Medium

14. What is school tracking? Analyze school tracking through the lens of structural-functionalist theory. Then critique it through the lens of conflict theory.

Learning Objective: 10.7: Present evidence that schools contribute to the reproduction of social class

Cognitive Domain: Analysis

Answer Location: Student Tracking

Difficulty Level: Hard

15. How does the public school funding system in the United States contribute to the reproduction of class?

Learning Objective: 10.7: Present evidence that schools contribute to the reproduction of social class

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: School Funding

Difficulty Level: Medium