EDUC 1301 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS (2023/2024) (VERIFIED ANSWERS

EDUC 1301 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS (2023/2024) (VERIFIED ANSWERS1 In analyzing the job market for teachers in the western and southern regions of the country during the next decade, the outlook is _______. - ANSWER favorable 1 A research report for the NEA indicates that the most frequently cited reason teachers choose their profession is __________. - ANSWER the desire to work with children and young adults 1 All of the following are true of year-round schools except ________. - ANSWER they are predicated on an agrarian economy and culture 1 All of the following are practical benefits of teaching except __________. - ANSWER frequent promotions to administrative positions. 1 In 2002, President George W. Bush signed into legislation the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act, which mandated ___________ - ANSWER statewide testing in reading and math each year in grades 3-8. 1 All of the following statements about teachers' salaries are true except that _____________. ESTUDY - ANSWER Teacher salaries vary little by states or regions 1 _______ refers to differences among students in regard to gender, race, ethnicity, culture, and socioeconomic status. - ANSWER Student diversity 1 According to the National Education Association, teachers' salaries have ______________ since the 1990s to the present. - ANSWER Increased steadily 1 In order for a person to receive a teaching certificate, thirty-five states require successful completion of _________. - ANSWER The Praxis Series 1 According to the U.S. Department of Labor (2010), the total number of PreK-12 teachers is expected to increase from 3.5 million teachers in 2008 by approximately ___________ percent in 2018. - ANSWER 13 1 A teaching certificate usually includes ___________. - ANSWER the level and content areas one may teach ESTUDY 1 With the exception of parents or guardians, the adults who have the greatest influence on children are often their ____________. - ANSWER teachers 1 _____________ is one of the teacher's most time-consuming non teaching tasks. - ANSWER Keeping paperwork including detailed records of students' academic progress, attendance, and other required documentation 1 The _________ teacher has a bachelor's degree, full state certification, and subject matter knowledge. - ANSWER highly qualified 1 Today's tech-savvy students spend an average of _________ hours each day using some type of media. - ANSWER 11 1 ________ refers to job security granted to teachers after satisfactory performance for a specified period of time. - ANSWER Tenure 1 Currently, all states require an average of _________ semester credits of supervised student teaching. - ANSWER 6-8 ESTUDY 1 Today, most states do not grant _________ teaching licenses. - ANSWER lifetime 1 Each state has mandated __________ to assess students' mastery of academic standards. - ANSWER standardized tests. 1 NCLB requited that by the end of the academic school year public schools guarantee that ________. - ANSWER all students be prepared to pass state proficiency tests. 1 Educational research supports the fact that those who become teachers are more influenced by their teachers as ___________. - ANSWER people 1 Approximately ________ percent of the population of public school teachers in the United States are members of minority groups. - ANSWER 17 1 A _________ is actually a license to teach. ESTUDY - ANSWER teaching certificate 1 _____________ of the nation's public school teachers "moonlight" or hold a second job to increase their earnings. - ANSWER one-fourth 1 Recently, there has been a steady demand for those able to teach in the following subject areas except for __________. - ANSWER English and Social Studies 1 When comparing teacher salaries state-by state, higher salaries are frequently linked to all of the following except _____________. - ANSWER the number of private schools 1 The National Education Association (2009) reported that the average teacher's salary was approximately ______________. - ANSWER $55,000 1 All of the following statements about students and teachers with disabilities are true except _________. - ANSWER teachers with disabilities are rarely capable of being effective in classrooms ESTUDY 1 ___________ is a website that allows collaborative work by various authors; it allows anyone or designated members of a group to create, delete, or edit the content on the website. - ANSWER a wiki 1 For a person to receive a license to teach, all states require successful completion of ______________. - ANSWER a teacher education program with a bachelor's degree. Ch. 6 Over the past decade, corporate contributions to education have ___________________. - ANSWER significantly increased. 6 According to the 2007 Phi Delta Kappa/Gallup Poll, public attitudes toward school choice programs that would allow parents to choose a private school to attend at public expense revealed _______________. - ANSWER a very slight majority in favor. pg. 205 6 Advantages of for-profit schools that proponents advocate include each of the following except ___________. - ANSWER better public relations. pg 210 6 During President Clinton's term of office (), the federal government ___________. - ANSWER assumed a more active role in ensuring equal educational opportunity. pg. 197 ESTUDY 6 All of the following are advisory functions performed by state boards of education except __________. - ANSWER selecting state department of education personnel. Pg. 193 6 Critics of school boards point out that school boards are best described as agencies that ___________. - ANSWER are reluctant to communicate a vision of educational excellence 6 Supplemental programs to help meet the needs of special school populations are called _________. - ANSWER entitlements pg. 203 6 Shared governance, administrative decentralization, teacher empowerment, professionalization, bottom-up policy-making, school based planning, and school-based management are all examples of __________. - ANSWER school restructuring. pg. 187 6 In most states, the head of the state board of education is the _________. - ANSWER chief state school officer. pg. 194 6 The responsibility for maintaining schools is primarily a function of the __________. - ANSWER states. pg. 190 ESTUDY 6 According to the text, all of the following are accurate descriptions of regional educational service agencies except __________. - ANSWER nearly all states have some form of intermediate or regional education service agency. pg. 194 6 Which of the following statements is true about the organizational structure of schools? - ANSWER The larger the district, the more office administrators and support personnel are needed. pg. 182 6 According to the text, all of the following are groups that have a keen concern for shaping educational policies except _________. - ANSWER textbook publishers . pg. 179 6 All of the following statements are true about the relationship between school boards and superintendents except _________. - ANSWER the relationship between the board and superintendent is dependent upon existing leadership style. pg. 184 6 The majority of funding for schools is provided by the _________. - ANSWER states. pg. 201 6 The highest educational agency in a state is the