EDF 2025 Test #3 Questions with
Accurate Answers
5 Factor Theory of Effective Schools correct answer 1. Strong Leadership
2. Clear School Mission
3. Safe and Orderly Climate
4. Monitor Student Progress
5. High Expectations
7 Forms of Bias in Textbooks correct answer 1. Invisibility: certain races/events
excluded from texts
2. Stereotyping
3. Imbalance/Selectivity: providing only one side of an issue
4. Unreality: ignoring class differences, lack of basic healthcare, racism, sexism
5. Fragmentation: isolating groups
6. Linguistic Bias: diction choices
7. Cosmetic Bias: appear to be balanced but actually aren't
A Nation At Risk correct answer 1963 government report that called for a more
rigorous curriculum
=>eventually lead to No Child Left Behind and a testing culture
Adequate Education correct answer constitutional clauses that intend to ensure
all students have the basic skills they need to be effective citizens and compete in
the labor market
, Block Grants correct answer *Federal*
large sums of money given directly to the states with few strings attached
-give states power to make the spending decisions; reduce competition
associated w seeking federal dollars
Bond correct answer certificate of debt issued by a government guaranteeing
payment of the original investment plus interest by a specified future date
-give local communities about 15-20 years to pay off the debt
Categorical Grants correct answer *federal* funds directed at specific categories
and targeted educational needs
ex: lunches for low-income youth, technology, opportunities for veterans, etc
-gives the federal government influence by identifying how federal money should
be used
Charter Schools correct answer tax-supported public school that has legal
permission from a local or state school board, to operate a school=>usually for a
fixed period of time with the right to renew if successful
-publicly financed/privately run: create their own budget, develop curriculum,
hire teachers and staff, and solicit parents to enroll their students
Commercialism correct answer television marketing to children = bad
-companies direct ads toward children; kids want to be like big kids so: young girls
interested in weight loss products, makeup, clothes, dating *and* boys interested
in being strong, violent video games, steroids
*other countries do not let this happen*
Accurate Answers
5 Factor Theory of Effective Schools correct answer 1. Strong Leadership
2. Clear School Mission
3. Safe and Orderly Climate
4. Monitor Student Progress
5. High Expectations
7 Forms of Bias in Textbooks correct answer 1. Invisibility: certain races/events
excluded from texts
2. Stereotyping
3. Imbalance/Selectivity: providing only one side of an issue
4. Unreality: ignoring class differences, lack of basic healthcare, racism, sexism
5. Fragmentation: isolating groups
6. Linguistic Bias: diction choices
7. Cosmetic Bias: appear to be balanced but actually aren't
A Nation At Risk correct answer 1963 government report that called for a more
rigorous curriculum
=>eventually lead to No Child Left Behind and a testing culture
Adequate Education correct answer constitutional clauses that intend to ensure
all students have the basic skills they need to be effective citizens and compete in
the labor market
, Block Grants correct answer *Federal*
large sums of money given directly to the states with few strings attached
-give states power to make the spending decisions; reduce competition
associated w seeking federal dollars
Bond correct answer certificate of debt issued by a government guaranteeing
payment of the original investment plus interest by a specified future date
-give local communities about 15-20 years to pay off the debt
Categorical Grants correct answer *federal* funds directed at specific categories
and targeted educational needs
ex: lunches for low-income youth, technology, opportunities for veterans, etc
-gives the federal government influence by identifying how federal money should
be used
Charter Schools correct answer tax-supported public school that has legal
permission from a local or state school board, to operate a school=>usually for a
fixed period of time with the right to renew if successful
-publicly financed/privately run: create their own budget, develop curriculum,
hire teachers and staff, and solicit parents to enroll their students
Commercialism correct answer television marketing to children = bad
-companies direct ads toward children; kids want to be like big kids so: young girls
interested in weight loss products, makeup, clothes, dating *and* boys interested
in being strong, violent video games, steroids
*other countries do not let this happen*
