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Foundations Of Teaching 1
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1. Known as the 'Father of public education' in Kentucky because of work as state superintendent from 1847-1852. Also known as zealous anti-Catholic who published diatribes against 'papism' and inspired anti-Catholic riots.
Adoption
John Dewey (1859-1952)
Robert J. Breckinridge
Linda Brown Thompson (1943- )
2. An individual state's measure of yearly progress toward achieving state academic standards.
Jose Angel Gutierrez
Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP)
Horace Mann (1796-1859)
accountability
3. Dewey's School and Society (1899) espoused the notion that ideas should be grounded in experience. In Experience and Education argued that education should be based on child's psychological -physical development -and world outside the schoolroom.
Jose Angel Gutierrez
Latin Grammar Schools
John Dewey (1859-1952)
Reliability
4. A series of voluntary exams based on college-level courses taken in high school. High school students who do well on one or more of these exams have the opportunity to earn credit - advanced placement - or both for college. (Ed Source)
Catherine Beecher (1800-1878)
Validity
American Traditions in School
Advanced Placement (AP)
5. 1. families played a large role in teaching children 2. pluralism - no single pattern of schooling. 3. American common school or public school 4. Cooperation between public & private sectors
Deborah Meier (1931- )
American Traditions in School
Advanced Placement (AP)
John Dewey (1859-1952)
6. A test to measure a student's knowledge and skills. (Ed Source)
Advanced Placement (AP)
Horace Mann (1796-1859)
achievement test
E.D. Hirsch - Jr. (1928- )
7. S often credited with single-handedly bringing down segregation in America. Brown was the Brown in 'Brown v. Board of Education. the doctrine of 'separate-but-equal' was inherently unconstitutional.
Linda Brown Thompson (1943- )
Second Great Awakening
achievement test
ooker T. Washington (1856-1915)
8. Usually found in New England - were town schools - governed by an elected board and funded by local and state aid.
Latin Grammar Schools
ACT
Robert J. Breckinridge
Academic Performance Index (API)
9. Refers to the chosen curriculum of a particular school.
accommodations
Adoption
Latin Grammar Schools
Catherine Beecher (1800-1878)
10. Relates to the accuracy with which skills and and knowledge are measured.
accountability
Advanced Placement (AP)
John Dewey (1859-1952)
Reliability
11. Founder and Chairman of the Board of the Core Knowledge Foundation - E.D. Hirsch - Jr. - leading voice in 'back to basics' movement. Author What Your kindergartner- Sixth Grader Needs to Know -Best known What Every American Needs To Know
Linda Brown Thompson (1943- )
E.D. Hirsch - Jr. (1928- )
Latin Grammar Schools
accommodations
12. A set of college admissions tests. Most colleges now accept either the SAT or the ACT for admissions purposes. (Ed Source)
John Joseph Hughes (1797-1864)
Validity
Albert Shanker (1928-1997)
ACT
13. The notion that people (students or teachers) or an organization (school district) should be held responsible for improving student achievement and should be rewarded or sanctioned for their success or lack of success in doing so.
accountability
Advanced Placement (AP)
John Joseph Hughes (1797-1864)
Jose Angel Gutierrez
14. Measurement of performance and knowledge require different testing procedures that both data and performance driven to get a better overall assessment
John Dewey (1859-1952)
Second Great Awakening
Why are multiple measures important when assessing students?
Latin Grammar Schools
15. Relates to consistency of assessment - including affecting factors - ambiguous questions - too many options within exam - vague marking instructions & poorly trained markers. Traditionally - based on temporal stability - form equivalence & internal c
Reliability
Latin Grammar Schools
ooker T. Washington (1856-1915)
John Dewey (1859-1952)
16. Mobilized the community to demand equal treatment for Chicano students.organized the Mexican American Youth Organization - a vehicle for social activism. Later he established a political organization - La Raza Unida.
Dame Schools
ACT
Jose Angel Gutierrez
Validity
17. Founded Central Park Elementary School (CPE) - alternative school emphasizing active learning. author of The Power of Their Ideas - Lessons to America from a Small School in Harlem &an outspoken critic of state-mandated standards and tests.
Bernard Bailyn
Albert Shanker (1928-1997)
Deborah Meier (1931- )
Latin Grammar Schools
18. CONTENT - PURPOSE - CANDIDATE CHARACTERISTICS (considerably in wording - complexity - and purpose - from that for an air pilot candidate) airline pilot candidate)
Robert J. Breckinridge
Academic Performance Index (API)
Validity
Dame Schools
19. The first Archbishop of New York. helped to set in motion the secularization of American public schools
John Joseph Hughes (1797-1864)
Robert J. Breckinridge
Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP)
Validity
20. Gave rise to modern school administration. Created first superintendent of schools. He trained a generation of administrators in what was called the 'science' of school management.
Ellwood Cubberley (1868-1941)
Jose Angel Gutierrez
ooker T. Washington (1856-1915)
accommodations
21. A religious revival of evangelical protestantism that swept U.S. in the late 1820s and 1830s.
Second Great Awakening
Horace Mann (1796-1859)
Linda Brown Thompson (1943- )
Jose Angel Gutierrez
22. Founded the Hartford Female Seminary. She believed women's education should prepare them for roles of responsibility and that higher education for women should train them as teachers-a natural public extension of womens' role in the family.
Catherine Beecher (1800-1878)
American Traditions in School
Adoption
achievement test
23. MA state legislator who led battle to create state board of education and resigned to become secretary of new board. Established first teacher training - institutes for teachers and extended school year to 6 months. Speared public education
Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP)
Latin Grammar Schools
Horace Mann (1796-1859)
Reliability
24. A four-year elective college preparatory class designed to motivate students to attend college
ACT
ooker T. Washington (1856-1915)
Advancement Via Individual Determination (AVID)
Latin Grammar Schools
25. Called early 20th century teachers 'educational missionaries'
achievement test
Bernard Bailyn
Albert Shanker (1928-1997)
American Traditions in School
26. Changes in the way tests are designed or administered to respond to the special needs of students with disabilities and English learners (EL). (Ed Source)
accommodations
Reliability
E.D. Hirsch - Jr. (1928- )
John Joseph Hughes (1797-1864)
27. He founder and first head of the Tuskegee Born the son of a slave. Wrote up from slavery' (the title of his widely read autobiography) to become founder & 1st head of Tuskegee Institute & leading advocate 4 edu. & econ.improv. of African Americans.
ooker T. Washington (1856-1915)
Why are multiple measures important when assessing students?
Reliability
ACT
28. As head of the American Federation of Teachers - Albert Shanker became the most widely known educational figure in the history of organized labor.
Bernard Bailyn
Albert Shanker (1928-1997)
accountability
ACT
29. Instruction offered by individuals female teacher usually in homes.
Advanced Placement (AP)
Jose Angel Gutierrez
Dame Schools
Validity
30. A statewide ranking of schools based on student test scores from the CAT/6 - CST - and high school exit exam.
Ellwood Cubberley (1868-1941)
Academic Performance Index (API)
Albert Shanker (1928-1997)
E.D. Hirsch - Jr. (1928- )