Quiz
1. Goals 2000 is:
- a nationwide effort to conquer the 'year 2000' computer glitch;
- President Clinton's goal to get all schools wired by the turn of the century;
- a federal program that provides funding to states and districts in exchange for challenging academic standards and assessments.
2. NetDay is:
- a special end-of-the-year fishing trip for the 'brains' in the class;
- a grass-roots volunteer effort to wire schools so they can network computers and connect them to the Internet;
- one day a year in which students can play games on the Internet.
3. Social promotion means:
- allowing students to advance to the next grade, even if they're unfit to handle the work;
- a bizarre hazing ritual, in which the coolest students are made to walk on all fours.
- advancement from one socio-economic class to the next;
4. Phonics is:
- an adolescent addiction to the telephone;
- a teaching method by which kids learn to read by listening to books on tape;
- an instructional strategy used to teach letter-sound relationships to beginning readers by having them "sound out" words.
5. Whole language is:
- an instructional strategy that emphasizes reading for meaning and context;
- language undiluted by slang or curse words;
- a teaching strategy that encourages students to find the meanings of words by researching their etymological roots.
1. Goals 2000 is:
a federal program that provides funding to states and districts in exchange for challenging academic standards and assessments.
2. NetDay is:
a grass-roots volunteer effort to wire schools so they can network computers and connect them to the Internet;
3. Social promotion means:
allowing students to advance to the next grade, even if they're unfit to handle the work;
4. Phonics is:
an instructional strategy used to teach letter-sound relationships to beginning readers by having them "sound out" words.
5. Whole language is:
an instructional strategy that emphasizes reading for meaning and context;
You've earned a high school diploma in education reform.
You've earned a college degree in education reform.
You've earned a Ph.D in education reform.