# Foundations and Assessment of Education/Edition 1/Foundations Table of Contents/Chapter 7/Chapter Review

In order to organize our education system, we must research where the faults lie and formulate a plan of action. There are several ways to do this: “Pay for Performance” will encourage teacher productivity and encourage teachers to strive to be the best; equality in school funding so that urban districts have the same opportunities as suburban districts; understanding the roles of specific offices within the school district gives parents and teachers a place to voice their concerns; understanding the roles that state and local government play provides necessary leverage in decisions; teachers unions impact school policy; and teacher evaluations help administrators and teachers access strengths and weaknesses in delivering instruction to the students.
1. Which state received $300,000 each year for two years to enact a "Pay for Performance" program that is being tested in five elementary schools?
2. Which of the following best describes the criteria a teacher must meet in order to be rewarded with additional pay in the 'Pay for Performance' program?
3. Ms. Smith is a parent of a child in the Detroit public school system. She does not agree with the mayor taking over the school district. Which of the following is a common belief among some of the parents against the mayoral takeover?
4. If Mr. Nixon's child is a student in the Detroit Public School System, which of the following describes what his child will likely look forward to in this school district?
5. Ms. Smith is a parent of a public school child. She wants more funding for her school. Where does her school get most of its funds?
6. Ms Smith wants to send a letter to the people in charge of her public school budget, to whom should she send it?
7. Ms Smith is does not like the poorly funded inner-city school her niece attends. Students there are most considered disadvantaged because?
8. The family of an inner-city child has been asked to participate in a fiscal equity lawsuit. The goal is to:
9. Based on recent experience, how successful will the lawsuit be?
10. Who has the power to get rid of a bad superintendent?
11. The Secretary of Education oversees
12. If Mary is a parent of a student at a local school and wishes to speak with someone about the way the principal acts towards the students should she go to the:
13. Dave wishes to become the next superintendent of his local school district where would he apply:
14. Which educational reforms are in chronological order?
15. How does the National Park Service contribute to the educational system?
16. Maria’s mom believes that parents should be involved as much as possible, which state funded organization implemented locally would her mom belong to?
17. Raphael Carter said "The misconceptions about grammar posted on the ‘Net’ are at least as bad as the misconceptions about evolution, presumably because American public schools do an equally bad job of teaching both." Which of the following statements would he agree with most?
18. How many members does the NEA currently have?
19. How many members does the AFT currently have?
20. Which is the largest union of teachers?
21. What is one benefit of joining a professional organization?
22. What is one important role that unions perform?
23. Which of the following requirements would be the best for teacher evaluations?
24. Why would school administrators feel that it is unnecessary to change or augment their teacher evaluation system if their effective teachers always did well on evaluations?
25. Why would teachers prepare a direct instruction lesson for their evaluation, even if they would rather teach more holistically?
26. Summative assessment is used as:
27. Formative assessment is used as:
1) D, 2) C, 3) D, 4) B, 5) A, 6) B, 7) A, 8) D, 9) B, 10) C, 11) D, 12) C, 13) B, 14) D, 15) A, 16) B, 17) B, 18) D, 19) A, 20) B, 21) A, 22) C, 23) C, 24) A, 25) B, 26) A, 27) B Scarlett1 (talk) 03:34, 6 July 2009 (UTC)Scarlett1 (talk) 05:27, 6 July 2009 (UTC)
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