PPL 101 Holland Final UPDATED Actual
Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
What benefits can education provide? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔1. Upward mobility
2. Assimilation of immigrants
3. Perpetuation of democracy
What makes education a right of the people? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔The Constitution
What are the positive externalities of education? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔1. Contributing
citizens
2. Better workforce
3. Less need for public support/better quality of life
What are two emerging education policy issues? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔1. Funding and
quality of K-12 education
2. Access to college education
Historically, who provided funding for schools? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔State and local
governments
When did the federal government get involved in education? - CORRECT ANSWER-
✔✔1960s
What Act greatly increased the amount of federal funding for public schools? - CORRECT
ANSWER- ✔✔The Elementary and Secondary Education Act (1965)
How is K-12 education funded today? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔1. State funds (1/2)
2. Local property taxes (2/5)
3. Small amount of federal funds
,What are K-12 funding concerns? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔1. Lack of buoyancy in
property taxes
2. How much should state provide?
3. Equity of education between urban and rural
What is UNESCO? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔United Nations Educational, Scientific and
Cultural Organization
What are some quality issues in K-12 education? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔1. Declining
academic performance
2. Quality of schools in poor rural and urban areas
What increased accountability for schools? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔No Child Left
Behind (2002)
What are market-based approaches to education reform? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔1.
Charter schools
2. School choice
3. School vouchers
What is a charter school? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Government supported and funded
schools that are independent
What is school choice? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Allows parents to send their child to any
public school in the area
What is a school voucher? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Government money given to parents
so their child can attend private school. It doesn't always meet the cost of tuition, but helps
ease the financial burden.
What are teacher quality approaches to education reform? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔1.
Merit pay
2. Teacher competency standards
, 3. Increasing teacher salaries
What is merit pay? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Teacher pay based on student achievement
What are teacher competency standards? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔National standards set
for teachers instead of a state by state approach
How would increased teacher salaries improve education? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔More
qualified and intelligent people would enter the education field
What was Obama's reform to No Child Left Behind? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔The "Race
to the Top" initiative, which awarded $4.35 billion to 11 states for education reform,
including mandatory merit pay
What is Affirmative Action? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Increased college admittance of
minority students based on diversity instead of academics
How are public colleges funded? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔1. Tuition -- significant and
growing portion
2. Local taxes
3. State appropriations -- declining portion
4. Research grants and donations
Why are tuition costs going up? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Decreased federal monetary
support
What are Pell Grants? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Scholarships based on financial need
What did the 2010 student loan overhaul do? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Aimed to save
government money and changed the management of student loans from private to federal
lending
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