School Law Praxis 5412 Exam 2026
Questions and Answers
National Defense Education Act - 1958 - Correct answer-Sputnik, provided money
for college, sciences, foreign language, and teaching innovation
Compulsory Attendance Act - 1852 - Correct answer-First law to control
conditions of children
Mandated attendance ages 8-14 for 3 months a year
ESEA - 1965 - Correct answer-Must be reauthorized every 3 years
Provided federal funding for primary and secondary education
To Address education inequality
First federal program to fund education
A Nation at Risk - 1983 - Correct answer-Regan - Report that education in
American posed National Security Hazard
Improving America Schools Act - 1994 - Correct answer-Reauthorization of ESEA
Added 4 elements of educational improvement
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, 1. High Standards for all students
2. Better trained teachers
3. Flexibility for locale as long as there is accountability
4. School Stakeholder Partnerships with families and communities
NCLB - 2001 - Correct answer-Reauthorization of ESEA
Increase accountability in education
States must qualify for Federal Funding by giving Standardized Tests
ESSA - 2015 - Correct answer-Reauthorization of ESEA
Improvement of NCLB
1. Assessment and Accountability Systems
2. School Improvement and Support
3. MTSS
Plessy v. Ferguson - 1886 - Correct answer-Legalized Segregation, Separate but
Equal
Brown vs. Board of Education - 1954 - Correct answer-Separate is not equal
Violates 14th Amendment - Equal Protection Clause
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Questions and Answers
National Defense Education Act - 1958 - Correct answer-Sputnik, provided money
for college, sciences, foreign language, and teaching innovation
Compulsory Attendance Act - 1852 - Correct answer-First law to control
conditions of children
Mandated attendance ages 8-14 for 3 months a year
ESEA - 1965 - Correct answer-Must be reauthorized every 3 years
Provided federal funding for primary and secondary education
To Address education inequality
First federal program to fund education
A Nation at Risk - 1983 - Correct answer-Regan - Report that education in
American posed National Security Hazard
Improving America Schools Act - 1994 - Correct answer-Reauthorization of ESEA
Added 4 elements of educational improvement
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, 1. High Standards for all students
2. Better trained teachers
3. Flexibility for locale as long as there is accountability
4. School Stakeholder Partnerships with families and communities
NCLB - 2001 - Correct answer-Reauthorization of ESEA
Increase accountability in education
States must qualify for Federal Funding by giving Standardized Tests
ESSA - 2015 - Correct answer-Reauthorization of ESEA
Improvement of NCLB
1. Assessment and Accountability Systems
2. School Improvement and Support
3. MTSS
Plessy v. Ferguson - 1886 - Correct answer-Legalized Segregation, Separate but
Equal
Brown vs. Board of Education - 1954 - Correct answer-Separate is not equal
Violates 14th Amendment - Equal Protection Clause
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