Chapter 4 Vocabulary Terms

Question 1

Project Head Start

Answer 1

A federal government program designed to help preschool children from low-income families develop the skills they need for success in kindergarten and beyond.

Question 2

bilingual education

Answer 2

Classes taught in two languages.

Question 3

Illiterate

Answer 3

Unable to read or write.

Question 4

back-to-basics movement

Answer 4

A reform movement that emphasized the need for more reading, writing, and math in schools for students to succeed in a complex world.

Question 5

educational standards

Answer 5

Guidelines defining what students at various levels should know and be able to do. Statements about what students are expected to know and be able to do at certain points in their education. They are set by national organizations, states, and many school districts. Sometimes called instructional goals.

Question 6

national standards

Answer 6

Performance standards for knowledge and skills to be mastered in specific subject areas.

Question 7

competency-based education

Answer 7

Schools teach students demonstrating mastery and achievement of specified knowledge and skills in a subject area.

Question 8

standardized tests

Answer 8

Tests designed to give a measure of students’ performance compared with that of a very large number of other students.

Question 9

charter school

Answer 9

A public school that operates with freedom from many of the regulations that apply to traditional public schools.

Question 10

programs of study

Answer 10

Rigorous sequences of career and technical and academic courses to prepare students for successful transition from high school to postsecondary education/credentialing and employment.

Question 11

baby boom

Answer 11

The great increase in births after World War 2.

Question 12

Holocaust

Answer 12

The mass slaughter of European, civilians, especially those of Jewish decent, by the Nazis during World War 2.

Question 13

Cold War

Answer 13

A decades-long standoff that began in the late 1940s after World War 2, when tensions and competition increased between the Soviet Union on one side and the United States and its allies in Western Europe on the other.

Question 14

civil rights movement

Answer 14

A social movement in the United States led primarily by African Americans and their supporters who sought to gain equal rights regardless of race.

Question 15

global economy

Answer 15

Finance, international corporations, and trade link the economies of nations around the world- particularly those of major countries.

Question 16

Accountability

Answer 16

Measurable proof that schools and teachers are providing high-quality education.