Liberty University EDUC 648 QUIZ 1

·         Question 1

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Which of the following statements is correct?

·         Question 2

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Which of the following statement is accurate?

·         Question 3

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The problems of providing adequate and high-quality education are not only local but are also state wide, and national in scope.

·         Question 4

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Determining if a state is adequately funding public education is difficult because of a lack of tools to measure the cost of education

(Correct answer is False)

·         Question 5

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In the early history of the United States many of the individual states were slow in accepting major responsibility for financing public schools.  Consequently:

·         Question 6

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The Dosomething organization lists areas that are affected by literacy. Which of the following is not included as a factor?

·         Question 7

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Which of the following are NOT specifically included by the authors in the commensurate benefits of a quality education?

·         Question 8

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Which of the following statements reflects the results from research regarding the relationship between achievement and funding?

·         Question 9

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In using assessed valuation for the determination of property tax, 20 mills would be equal to the decimal equivalent of .002.

·         Question 10

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The growing needs of education has had a dampening effect on the public resistance to taxes.

·         Question 11

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At present, equity for children can best be measured in terms of comparing the expenditures per child.

·         Question 12

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Which of the following philosophers considered government to over govern education?

·         Question 13

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Cost function/ econometric modeling is the relationship between expenditures and achievement which is used as a basis for estimating costs when assessing finance adequacy

·         Question 14

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The National Committee for Support of Public Schools, indicates that unemployment has an impact on social costs. In the following, identify the sentence that is not listed as one of the factors.

·         Question 15

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Equality for children should be more concerned with equality of input than with equality of output in the education process.

·         Question 16

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Which of the following groups would be at the greatest disadvantage when property taxes are used for funding schools?

·         Question 17

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According to the Belfield and Levin, increasing the high school completion rate by just 5 percent would save the U.S. up to $32 billion per year in reduced costs from crime.

·         Question 18

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Which of the following items is specifically mentioned as one of the components that would NOT be a benefit to society from an elementary education experience?

·         Question 19

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The population’s increasing mobility results in increased school costs

·         Question 20

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Which of the methods listed below would be a viable way to measure the ability of school districts to raise funds for any or all purposes?

·         Question 21

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Which of the following regarding the importance of education to our national economy is a true statement?

·         Question 22

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Equity as it relates to educational opportunity is considered synonymous with equality

·         Question 23

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The terms equity and equality are often used interchangeably and with regard to funding education are considered to be synonymous.

·         Question 24

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It is well established that human capital is more important than natural resources in wealth creation.

·         Question 25

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Which of the following would be assumed to be included in the benefits of an education?

·         Question 26

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The landmark court ruling of Serrano v. Priest (1971) did a lot to establish fiscal neutrality.  Which of the following was included in the Serrano ruling?

·         Question 27

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In Serrano v. Priest (1971), the principle of fiscal neutrality was established. This principle affirms that a child’s education must only be affected by the wealth of the local school district.

·         Question 28

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With regard to funding public education, the federal government is designed to:

·         Question 29

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Prior to the years of equal sharing of the burden of taxation a person’s place of residence and the extent to which he or she invested in real property were major factors in the calculation of his or her burden in financing education.

·         Question 30

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From the PDK/Gallup poll respondents were willing to give much higher grades to the nation’s schools than they were to the schools in their own communities.