Share: Quiz 1. Goals 2000 is: a nationwide effort to conquer the 'year 2000' computer glitch; Good guess, but Goals 2000 is actually a federal program that provides grants to states and school districts in exchange for the establishment of challenging academic content. Sound complicated? It isn't. Any school, district, or state can become a member of Partnership - 2000. In fact, your school may be one of the 500 already on board. Schools that agree to become partnership members create an "Action Team" made up of parents, teachers, students, community members, and a school administrator. Ideally, this team reflects the diverse needs, interests, and talents of the whole community. Check out The National Network of Partnership - 2000 Schools to find out how to get started! President Clinton's goal to get all schools wired by the turn of the century; Good guess, but Goals 2000 is actually a federal program that provides grants to states and school districts in exchange for the establishment of challenging academic content. Sound complicated? It isn't. Any school, district, or state can become a member of Partnership - 2000. In fact, your school may be one of the 500 already on board. Schools that agree to become partnership members create an "Action Team" made up of parents, teachers, students, community members, and a school administrator. Ideally, this team reflects the diverse needs, interests, and talents of the whole community. Check out The National Network of Partnership - 2000 Schools to find out how to get started! a federal program that provides funding to states and districts in exchange for challenging academic standards and assessments. That's right. Sound complicated? It isn't. Any school, district, or state can become a member of Partnership - 2000. In fact, your school may be one of the 500 already on board. Schools that agree to become partnership members create an "Action Team" made up of parents, teachers, students, community members, and a school administrator. Ideally, this team reflects the diverse needs, interests, and talents of the whole community. Check out The National Network of Partnership - 2000 Schools to find out how to get started! Next 2. NetDay is: a special end-of-the-year fishing trip for the 'brains' in the class; No, silly! NetDay is a grass-roots volunteer effort to wire schools so they can network computers and connect them to the Internet. Who cooked up this scheme? Michael Kaufman, an educator and executive at San Francisco's KQED public television station, hit on the idea of using volunteers to put telephones in California classrooms. He felt that teachers were about the only professionals in the world expected to function without them. Sun Microsystems chief scientist John Gage suggested hooking the classrooms to the Internet as well. President Clinton and Vice President Gore backed the idea, calling considerable attention to the plan. Gage recruited support from high-tech businesses. On the first NetDay, March 9, 1996, more than 50,000 volunteers - including Mr. Clinton and Mr. Gore - wired at least six rooms in each of more than 3,500 California schools. a grass-roots volunteer effort to wire schools so they can network computers and connect them to the Internet; You got it! Who cooked up this scheme? Michael Kaufman, an educator and executive at San Francisco's KQED public television station, hit on the idea of using volunteers to put telephones in California classrooms. He felt that teachers were about the only professionals in the world expected to function without them. Sun Microsystems chief scientist John Gage suggested hooking the classrooms to the Internet as well. President Clinton and Vice President Gore backed the idea, calling considerable attention to the plan. Gage recruited support from high-tech businesses. On the first NetDay, March 9, 1996, more than 50,000 volunteers - including Mr. Clinton and Mr. Gore - wired at least six rooms in each of more than 3,500 California schools. one day a year in which students can play games on the Internet. No, silly! NetDay is a grass-roots volunteer effort to wire schools so they can network computers and connect them to the Internet. Who cooked up this scheme? Michael Kaufman, an educator and executive at San Francisco's KQED public television station, hit on the idea of using volunteers to put telephones in California classrooms. He felt that teachers were about the only professionals in the world expected to function without them. Sun Microsystems chief scientist John Gage suggested hooking the classrooms to the Internet as well. President Clinton and Vice President Gore backed the idea, calling considerable attention to the plan. Gage recruited support from high-tech businesses. On the first NetDay, March 9, 1996, more than 50,000 volunteers - including Mr. Clinton and Mr. Gore - wired at least six rooms in each of more than 3,500 California schools. Next 3. Social promotion means: allowing students to advance to the next grade, even if they're unfit to handle the work; That's right. In the mid-1800s, as public education evolved beyond the one-room schoolhouse, children moved ahead in school based on strict academic standards for each grade level. Studies of that period show that approximately every other child was held back at some time during the first eight years of school! Around the 1930s, attitudes about children's social and emotional development changed and social promotion was born: children were permitted to move ahead with their age peers, getting remedial help for academic weaknesses. The theory was that forcing students to repeat a grade would undermine their confidence and alienate them even further from academics. a bizarre hazing ritual, in which the coolest students are made to walk on all fours. Hopefully not. Social promotion is when schools allow students to advance from one grade to the next, even when they are unfit to handle the work. In the mid-1800s, as public education evolved beyond the one-room schoolhouse, children moved ahead in school based on strict academic standards for each grade level. Studies of that period show that approximately every other child was held back at some time during the first eight years of school! Around the 1930s, attitudes about children's social and emotional development changed and social promotion was born: children were permitted to move ahead with their age peers, getting remedial help for academic weaknesses. The theory was that forcing students to repeat a grade would undermine their confidence and alienate them even further from academics. advancement from one socio-economic class to the next; Not exactly. Social promotion is when schools allow students to advance from one grade to the next, even when they are unfit to handle the work. In the mid-1800s, as public education evolved beyond the one-room schoolhouse, children moved ahead in school based on strict academic standards for each grade level. Studies of that period show that approximately every other child was held back at some time during the first eight years of school! Around the 1930s, attitudes about children's social and emotional development changed and social promotion was born: children were permitted to move ahead with their age peers, getting remedial help for academic weaknesses. The theory was that forcing students to repeat a grade would undermine their confidence and alienate them even further from academics. Next 4. Phonics is: an adolescent addiction to the telephone; Close, but phonics is actually an instructional strategy used to teach letter-sound relationships to beginning readers by having them "sound out" words. Phonics programs emphasize word analysis. Children learn letter sounds (b=buh) first and then blend them (bl=bluh) to form words. They also learn strategies to figure out words they don't know. Drawbacks: Some phonics programs use low-interest reading material and too many boring worksheets. a teaching method by which kids learn to read by listening to books on tape; Close, but phonics is actually an instructional strategy used to teach letter-sound relationships to beginning readers by having them "sound out" words. Phonics programs emphasize word analysis. Children learn letter sounds (b=buh) first and then blend them (bl=bluh) to form words. They also learn strategies to figure out words they don't know. Drawbacks: Some phonics programs use low-interest reading material and too many boring worksheets. an instructional strategy used to teach letter-sound relationships to beginning readers by having them "sound out" words. That's right! Phonics programs emphasize word analysis. Children learn letter sounds (b=buh) first and then blend them (bl=bluh) to form words. They also learn strategies to figure out words they don't know. Drawbacks: Some phonics programs use low-interest reading material and too many boring worksheets. Next 5. Whole language is: an instructional strategy that emphasizes reading for meaning and context; Exactly! Students in whole language programs are encouraged to use critical thinking strategies. In the younger grades, children use invented spelling to write their own stories. Drawbacks: Some whole language programs place too little emphasis on word analysis or phonics. When that's left out, young readers may guess or skip over words they don't know and some children may not learn how to read. language undiluted by slang or curse words; Nope. Whole language is a philosophy and instructional strategy that emphasizes reading for meaning and in context. Students are encouraged to look at the wholeness of words and text and to use critical thinking strategies. In the younger grades, children use invented spelling to write their own stories. Drawbacks: Some whole language programs place too little emphasis on word analysis or phonics. When that's left out, young readers may guess or skip over words they don't know and some children may not learn how to read. a teaching strategy that encourages students to find the meanings of words by researching their etymological roots. Nope. Whole language is a philosophy and instructional strategy that emphasizes reading for meaning and in context. Students are encouraged to look at the wholeness of words and text and to use critical thinking strategies. In the younger grades, children use invented spelling to write their own stories. Drawbacks: Some whole language programs place too little emphasis on word analysis or phonics. When that's left out, young readers may guess or skip over words they don't know and some children may not learn how to read. Next 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; Start Over Next Quiz 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. 60% Complete View more quizzes