Quiz on Chapter Four (Instructional Issues)

Name of Quiz Preparer:

Marc Jenks

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ANSWER KEY
1) U.S. Citizens have a federal constitutional right to a public education.
(71)
a) True
b) False

11) As long as teachers are teaching the prescribed curriculum, they

cannot be forced to change what they teach by the board or principal. (77)
a) True
b) False

2) Federal Courts allow parental disapproval to dictate the public school

curriculum. (72)
a) True
b) False

12) A teacher cannot be forced to discontinue instructionally relevant

activities solely because of parent displeasure. (78)
a) True
b) False

3) Federal Courts allow censorship of materials if the censorship is

supported by the state legislators and school boards. (73)
a) True
b) False

13) If a school has a master copy of a software program, it can be loaded

onto many computers in a lab under Fair Use. (81)
a) True
b) False

4) The Supreme Court ruled the Child Internet Protection Act, which
blocks harmful content on computers in schools, violated the 1 st
Amendment. (76)
a) True
b) False

14) School personnel must comply with federal copyright law but may
make copies of copyrighted material in some cases without the publishers
permission because of Fair Use. (79)
a) True
b) False

5) Academic Freedom allows faculty members of elementary and

secondary institution to be free from government controls in conducting
research and teaching students. (76)
a) True
b) False

15) The TEACH Act allows copyrighted materials to be used in distance

education classes in the same way they can be used in regular classrooms.
(83)
a) True
b) False

6) Which of these is a protected liberty under the Due Process Clause of

the 14th Amendment? (71)
a) Teachers right to teach
b) Childrens right to acquire useful knowledge
c) Both a and b
d) None of the above

16) Which of the following is NOT a guideline for multiple copies of a

work to be permitted under Fair Use? (81)
a) Publishing country of origin
b) Brevity
c) Spontaneity
d) Cumulative effect

7) What is a critical practice that school boards should do if they are to

expect courts to support their decisions regarding curriculum? (75)
a) Adhere to common core standards
b) Adhere to its own established procedures
c) Adhere to the dictates of the parents
d) Allow the teachers to help plan the curriculum

17) In reviewing school board restrictions on teachers classroom

activities, the judiciary considers: (78)
a) Tenure of the teacher
b) Impact of the teachers strategy on community norms.
c) Both a and b
d) None of the above

8) Who specifies which textbooks may be used? (72)

a) The Department of Education
b) States
c) School principal
d) School faculty and parents

18) When making multiple copies, which use is prohibited? (81)

a) Copying workbooks or standardized tests
b) copying the same items from term to term
c) Copying to replace the purchase of books
d) All of the above

9) Who controls the public school curriculum? (71)

a) Local school boards
b) State legislatures
c) The Department of Education
d) States and local school boards

19) FERPA is a privacy act that requires education agencies to:

a) Provide parents access to their childs education records
b) NOT provide information from childs records to 3rd parties without
parent permission
c) Both a and b
d) None of the above

10) Once the curriculum is established in a public school, who has the
right to determine the content of the instructional program? (76)
a) School principal
b) School teachers
c) both a and b
d) None of the above

20) The No Child Left Behind Act:

a) Advances students in grades regardless of their testing proficiency
b) Has no bearing on the schools eligibility for federal funding
c) Requires high school students to take a general test in core subjects
at least once
d) All of the above