CH. 12: The Policy Making Process question with answers
About how many students are enrolled in public schools in Texas? - -5.2 million
-Over the last twenty years, Medicaid expenditures have become a _____ part of the Texas
State Budget. - -larger
-When did statewide standardized testing begin in Texas? - -in 1986 with the Texas Educational
Assessment of Minimal Skills exams
-One of the most controversial reforms proposed by the Select Committee on Public Education
was - -the "no pass, no play" rule.
-By 2060, Texas' water consumption is projected to increase by - -82%
-In 2016, approximately how many people in Texas were on welfare? - -75,000
-ToF: The Texas State Board of Education has always been a 15-member elected body. - -False
-What is considered the first stage of the policy-making process? - -problem identification
-Which Texas department is responsible for coordinating, determining eligibility for, and
administering the major welfare and antipoverty programs in the state? - -Texas Health and
Human Services Commission
-ToF: Since the implementation of statewide standardized testing, educational attainment in
Texas has risen by 15%, as measured by students' rising scores on all of the exams - -False
-ToF: In the case San Antonio v. Rodriguez, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in 1973 that states
were not required to subsidize poorer school districts under the equal protection clause of the
U.S. Constitution. - -True
-ToF: Since charter schools are privately funded, they do not have to meet the same standards
set for public schools in Texas. - -False
-What Texas law helped to clarify water rights for surface water? - -the Water Rights
Adjudication Act
-In the 1954 case _____, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that state-imposed segregation in
schools violated the equal protection clause of the 14th Amendment. - -Brown v. Board of
Education
About how many students are enrolled in public schools in Texas? - -5.2 million
-Over the last twenty years, Medicaid expenditures have become a _____ part of the Texas
State Budget. - -larger
-When did statewide standardized testing begin in Texas? - -in 1986 with the Texas Educational
Assessment of Minimal Skills exams
-One of the most controversial reforms proposed by the Select Committee on Public Education
was - -the "no pass, no play" rule.
-By 2060, Texas' water consumption is projected to increase by - -82%
-In 2016, approximately how many people in Texas were on welfare? - -75,000
-ToF: The Texas State Board of Education has always been a 15-member elected body. - -False
-What is considered the first stage of the policy-making process? - -problem identification
-Which Texas department is responsible for coordinating, determining eligibility for, and
administering the major welfare and antipoverty programs in the state? - -Texas Health and
Human Services Commission
-ToF: Since the implementation of statewide standardized testing, educational attainment in
Texas has risen by 15%, as measured by students' rising scores on all of the exams - -False
-ToF: In the case San Antonio v. Rodriguez, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in 1973 that states
were not required to subsidize poorer school districts under the equal protection clause of the
U.S. Constitution. - -True
-ToF: Since charter schools are privately funded, they do not have to meet the same standards
set for public schools in Texas. - -False
-What Texas law helped to clarify water rights for surface water? - -the Water Rights
Adjudication Act
-In the 1954 case _____, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that state-imposed segregation in
schools violated the equal protection clause of the 14th Amendment. - -Brown v. Board of
Education
