Module 9 Quiz

A  Grade inflation

B  Academic bribing

C  GPA debt

D  Systematic grading

A  Conflict theory

B  Functionalism

C  Symbolic interactionism

D  None of the above.

A  Social placement

B  Social control

C  Socialization

D  Social networks

A  Grade inflation

B  Feminism

C  Manifest function

D  Tracking

A  The emphasis on certificates or degrees to show that a person has a certain skill, has attained a certain level of education, or has met certain job qualifications.

B  The course objectives teachers incorporate into their syllabi after the semester has started.

C  The unexpected subjects students take an interest in after being exposed to experts in the field.

D  A type of nonacademic knowledge that one learns through informal learning and cultural transmission.

A  Mandatory tutoring

B  Bussing

C  Charter schools

D  Head Start

A  Financial resources from the government and population

B  Amount of time devoted to education

C  Value placed on education

D  Geographic distribution of male and female students

A  Brown v. the Board of Education

B  Mills v. Board of Education of the District of Columbia

C  Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission

D  Plessy v. Ferguson

A  A state mandate that determines the eligibility of students who expect to attend college.

B  A federal program that provides academically focused preschool to students of low socioeconomic status.

C  A teaching method which equips students to regurgitate facts in order to do well on standardized tests.

D  A curriculum which requires states to test students in prescribed grades, with the results of those tests determining eligibility to receive federal funding.

A  The use of education to improve one’s social standing.

B  Classifying students based on academic merit or potential.

C  The process by which students are allowed to choose their own classes based on interest.

D  A formalized system that places students on “tracks” (advanced, low achievers) that perpetuate inequalities.