Ethical Issues in Assessments Quiz

Which of the following may give rise to potential ethical issues in assessments?

• when subjectivity turns into bias

• when educators use tools of analysis that favor some students over others

• when educators misconstrue a student’s inability to communicate in English as needing special education services

• All of these answers are correct

Which of the following is not a dimension of differentiation in the place of content knowledge when teaching children of different social classes?

• emphasis on "advanced" versus "basic" skills

• emphasis on conceptual understanding

• emphasis on getting good grades

• emphasis on attention to "practical" or vocational knowledge

Improving self-confidence and self-acceptance in students

• often increases prejudice

• often decreases prejudice

• doesn't affect prejudice very much

• leads to the formation of ingroups

In hypodescent, a child of mixed-race ancestry is automatically assigned the race of

• the father, regardless of the father’s race.

• the mother, regardless of the mother’s race.

• the parent belonging to a minority race.

• the parent belonging to the majority race.

Which of the following are factors that influence the development of critical thinking and help an individual to reduce their own prejudice?

• Exposure to diverse perspectives

• Engagement in reflective thinking

• Development of emotional intelligence

• Adherence to personal biases

The tendency of people to think that the familiar behaviors of their group are good and natural and that those of others are less good and less natural is called

• relativism.

• ethnocentrism.

• constructivism.

• adjustment.

A true statement about the cognitive component of prejudice is that

• it refers to the feelings that accompany a person's thoughts about members of a particular group.

• it is the component most often thought of when people think of prejudice.

• it refers to the need people have to simplify the world around them.

• it is the discriminatory behavior that people who harbor negative prejudices direct toward others.

All of the following changes have occurred in the American family structure, except

• new family forms are becoming common.

• the divorce rate is significantly lower than it was 10 years ago.

• more families are in poverty.

• the number of intermarriages among ethnic, racial, and religious groups has increased.

During the civil rights movement in the 1960s and 1970s, the chief concern in schooling was

• the equal funding of schools.

• equity in public education.

• improving the test scores of all children.

• removing prayer from public schools.

The stage of the developmental model of intercultural sensitivity (DMIS) in which people begin to see cultural categories as more flexible and become more competent in their ability to communicate across cultures is known as

• acceptance.

• adaptation.

• integration.

• minimization.