Chapter 5: Roles and Responsibilities: Administrators, Teachers, and Students

Test Bank

Multiple Choice

1. Lortie found that principals’ complaints about scarcity of time were related to ______.

A. rigidity of school schedules

B. collective bargaining

C. interruptions

D. all of these

2. According to Lortie, the most complex task principals face are ______.

A. socialization of students

B. evaluation of teachers

C. allocation of students to classrooms

D. all of these

3. Lortie found that among the mistakes principals listed, the most often cited mistake was in working with ______.

A. students

B. teachers

C. parents

D. higher-level administrators

4. According to Ingersoll and Collins, which of the following is a traditional characteristic of the professional model ______.

A. credentials

B. location

C. number of employees

D. job satisfaction

5. As described in Ingersoll and Collins, the idea that professionals can possess expertise over a specific body of knowledge and skill is known as ______.

A. induction

B. authority

C. specialization

D. compensation

6. According to Gardner, allowing students to have a say in disciplinary policies ______.

A. leads to more even power dynamics at school

B. influences students to hold each other accountable

C. sets higher expectations for students

D. all of these

7. Cucchiara and Horvat found that when middle-class parents’ goal in urban schools was to attract other middle-class families, ______.

A. children from low-income schools were stigmatized

B. low-income students received more resources

C. the school community grew as a whole

D. none of these

8. Which of these is an aspect of adolescent socialization?

A. connection to significant others

B. regulation of behavior

C. psychological autonomy

D. all of these

9. Why do Resnick and Bryant feel that school boards are necessary?

A. They are the only ones that can decide how to spend tax dollars

B. They are made up of parents that have interest in what happens to their children

C. They see things from the viewpoint of school staff, teachers, and administrators

D. none of these

10. According to Resnick and Bryant, the chronically weak performance of several high-profile urban districts has led to ______.

A. shutdown of local schools

B. mass turnover of school administrators

C. mayoral takeover of educational leadership

D. all of these

11. According to Dupper and Meyer-Adams, peer sexual harassment ______.

A. affects boys almost as much as girls

B. does not include sexual comments or jokes

C. typically occurs in high schools or colleges

D. all of these

12. Why does Rumberger believe that dropouts are a financial drain on society?

A. Dropouts pay less money in taxes

B. Dropouts have poorer health and lower life expectancy

C. Dropouts have a greater dependence on public assistance programs

D. all of these

13. The Number 1 self-reported reason for dropping out of school was ______.

A. missed too many school days

B. thought it would be easier to get a GED

C. getting poor grades/failing school

D. did not like school

True/False

1. Principals listed the evaluation and supervision of teachers as the second most difficult task they faced in Lortie’s study.

2. Lortie argues that the public tends to view principals have having limited time because of the important tasks they do.

3. According to prestige of occupations is something that is impossible to measure.

4. The various waves of school reform have contributed positively to teacher morale because they brought change to schools.

5. Dworkin and Tobe find that as efforts to improve school discipline increase, teacher burnout drops.

6. Researchers from the schools-as-communities perspective also state that attachment to different actors at school and the school itself impedes school deviancy.

7. Communal schools typically create emotionally stable students who do not feel the need to connect closely with each other.

8. Bullying can have negative effects on those who witness it.

9. High school is the most critical time for intervention against low-level violence.

10. According to Rumberger, when a student drops out, it also means they cannot graduate.