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Chapter 6 Student Quiz
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The Brown v. Board of Education case made illegal
the tracking of students by ability.
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the separate but equal doctrine.
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the outcome of the Mendez v. Westminster.
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discrimination based on Spanish surname.
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A main purpose of the first schools set up for Native American children by white institutions were to
assimilate.
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accommodate.
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segregate.
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provide bilingual education.
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A main purpose of the first schools for Mexican American children set up by white institutions was to
track students by Spanish surname.
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Americanize.
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track them into manual labor jobs.
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provide bilingual education.
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Fill in the blank: The Mendez v. Westminster case ruled that using __________ as a justification to segregate children into different schools was unconstitutional.
a Spanish last name
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English as a second language
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citizenship status
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ability tracking
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Brown v. Board of education was decided in the
1940s.
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1950s.
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1960s.
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1970s.
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School disparities by race include
graduation rates from high school.
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numbers of bachelor's degrees.
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disparities in college attendance.
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All of the above
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In comparison to the 1970s, schools in the South are now
more integrated.
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more segregated.
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equally as integrated.
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segregated only in the inner city.
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The idea that Asian American students outperform students from other groups is called
the Asian coefficient.
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the model minority myth.
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Asian American ambition.
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Asian hierarchy.
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The group least likely to attend college and graduate is
Latinos.
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blacks.
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American Indian/Alaska native.
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Asians.
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Educational inequalities are found
mostly in kindergarten.
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in secondary education.
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in postsecondary education.
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at all levels.
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Who you know and what you know are part of succeeding in school. These is/are called
social and cultural capital.
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networks and know-hows.
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knowledge production.
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minority model.
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In 1991, the Dowell v. Oklahoma City decision ruled that schools
must honor desegregation policies.
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did not have to desegregate.
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must bus students to make schools more diverse.
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cannot track students.
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Fill in the blank: __________ contribute(s) to the disparities in education across racial groups.
The hidden curriculum
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The income and wealth of parents
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Tracking
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All of the above
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Asians have higher educational attainment than whites.
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The higher socioeconomic status of a student, the higher the likelihood he or she has high science scores.
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FALSE
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