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Foundations Of Teaching 1
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1. As head of the American Federation of Teachers - Albert Shanker became the most widely known educational figure in the history of organized labor.

2. 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)

3. Instruction offered by individuals female teacher usually in homes.

4. 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.

5. 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.

6. A set of college admissions tests. Most colleges now accept either the SAT or the ACT for admissions purposes. (Ed Source)

7. 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.

8. A statewide ranking of schools based on student test scores from the CAT/6 - CST - and high school exit exam.

9. CONTENT - PURPOSE - CANDIDATE CHARACTERISTICS (considerably in wording - complexity - and purpose - from that for an air pilot candidate) airline pilot candidate)

10. Relates to the accuracy with which skills and and knowledge are measured.

11. Usually found in New England - were town schools - governed by an elected board and funded by local and state aid.

12. 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)

13. The first Archbishop of New York. helped to set in motion the secularization of American public schools

14. A four-year elective college preparatory class designed to motivate students to attend college

15. A religious revival of evangelical protestantism that swept U.S. in the late 1820s and 1830s.

16. 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

17. Measurement of performance and knowledge require different testing procedures that both data and performance driven to get a better overall assessment

18. Refers to the chosen curriculum of a particular school.

19. 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

20. 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