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Foundations Of Teaching 1
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1. 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.
Ellwood Cubberley (1868-1941)
Validity
Reliability
Jose Angel Gutierrez
2. A test to measure a student's knowledge and skills. (Ed Source)
ooker T. Washington (1856-1915)
achievement test
John Dewey (1859-1952)
Catherine Beecher (1800-1878)
3. 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- )
Latin Grammar Schools
E.D. Hirsch - Jr. (1928- )
Ellwood Cubberley (1868-1941)
4. 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.
American Traditions in School
Second Great Awakening
ooker T. Washington (1856-1915)
E.D. Hirsch - Jr. (1928- )
5. Usually found in New England - were town schools - governed by an elected board and funded by local and state aid.
accountability
Advanced Placement (AP)
accommodations
Latin Grammar Schools
6. A religious revival of evangelical protestantism that swept U.S. in the late 1820s and 1830s.
Latin Grammar Schools
accommodations
accountability
Second Great Awakening
7. 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.
Reliability
John Dewey (1859-1952)
Advanced Placement (AP)
accountability
8. 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.
Deborah Meier (1931- )
Advanced Placement (AP)
Adoption
E.D. Hirsch - Jr. (1928- )
9. CONTENT - PURPOSE - CANDIDATE CHARACTERISTICS (considerably in wording - complexity - and purpose - from that for an air pilot candidate) airline pilot candidate)
achievement test
Adoption
Jose Angel Gutierrez
Validity
10. Relates to the accuracy with which skills and and knowledge are measured.
Reliability
American Traditions in School
Dame Schools
achievement test
11. The first Archbishop of New York. helped to set in motion the secularization of American public schools
Ellwood Cubberley (1868-1941)
John Joseph Hughes (1797-1864)
accountability
ACT
12. 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.
achievement test
ooker T. Washington (1856-1915)
Linda Brown Thompson (1943- )
Ellwood Cubberley (1868-1941)
13. 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.
American Traditions in School
Robert J. Breckinridge
Reliability
Linda Brown Thompson (1943- )
14. 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
American Traditions in School
Albert Shanker (1928-1997)
John Joseph Hughes (1797-1864)
15. 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
Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP)
Ellwood Cubberley (1868-1941)
achievement test
16. A four-year elective college preparatory class designed to motivate students to attend college
Bernard Bailyn
Advancement Via Individual Determination (AVID)
accommodations
Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP)
17. 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)
Latin Grammar Schools
accommodations
Bernard Bailyn
Ellwood Cubberley (1868-1941)
18. 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
American Traditions in School
Horace Mann (1796-1859)
Adoption
Validity
19. A set of college admissions tests. Most colleges now accept either the SAT or the ACT for admissions purposes. (Ed Source)
E.D. Hirsch - Jr. (1928- )
Second Great Awakening
Why are multiple measures important when assessing students?
ACT
20. Instruction offered by individuals female teacher usually in homes.
Advancement Via Individual Determination (AVID)
Dame Schools
Linda Brown Thompson (1943- )
Validity
21. 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.
American Traditions in School
achievement test
Ellwood Cubberley (1868-1941)
John Joseph Hughes (1797-1864)
22. Refers to the chosen curriculum of a particular school.
E.D. Hirsch - Jr. (1928- )
Adoption
Catherine Beecher (1800-1878)
Horace Mann (1796-1859)
23. A statewide ranking of schools based on student test scores from the CAT/6 - CST - and high school exit exam.
Validity
Reliability
Why are multiple measures important when assessing students?
Academic Performance Index (API)
24. 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)
Advanced Placement (AP)
Reliability
Academic Performance Index (API)
25. As head of the American Federation of Teachers - Albert Shanker became the most widely known educational figure in the history of organized labor.
Advanced Placement (AP)
Why are multiple measures important when assessing students?
Albert Shanker (1928-1997)
Linda Brown Thompson (1943- )
26. 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
Robert J. Breckinridge
American Traditions in School
E.D. Hirsch - Jr. (1928- )
Linda Brown Thompson (1943- )
27. Called early 20th century teachers 'educational missionaries'
Catherine Beecher (1800-1878)
Validity
Second Great Awakening
Bernard Bailyn
28. Measurement of performance and knowledge require different testing procedures that both data and performance driven to get a better overall assessment
Why are multiple measures important when assessing students?
Robert J. Breckinridge
American Traditions in School
John Dewey (1859-1952)
29. An individual state's measure of yearly progress toward achieving state academic standards.
Albert Shanker (1928-1997)
Reliability
Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP)
Bernard Bailyn
30. 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)
E.D. Hirsch - Jr. (1928- )
Advanced Placement (AP)
accountability
John Joseph Hughes (1797-1864)