ETAP Fall Final Practice Test

During colonial times, what subject was mostly taught in public schools?

• Math

• Science

• Religion

• Humanities

Harvard and Yale were established primarily to provide education for:

• Women

• Minorities

• Children

• Ministers

Which act required towns to hire a teacher for reading and writing in 1642?

• Old Deluder Satan Act

• Public Education Act

• No Child Left Behind Act

• Elementary and Secondary Education Act

Who is known as the Father of Public Education?

• George Washington

• Horace Mann

• Thomas Jefferson

• Abraham Lincoln

Plessy vs. Ferguson resulted in schools being:

• Integrated

• Socialized

• Segregated

• Humanized

Which leader believed academic education was key to racial equality?

• Andrew Johnson

• Booker T. Washington

• Robert E. Lee

• W.E.B. DuBois

The goal of Native American boarding schools in the 1700s and 1800s was to:

• Financially help families

• Preserve native cultures

• Provide job opportunities

• Americanize native students

During the Cold War, there was an emphasis on which subject?

• Social Studies and English

• Math and Science

• Science and Social Studies

• Math and English

The IDEA Act guarantees what kind of education for students with disabilities?

• Paid private schooling

• Free public schooling

• Digital learning

• Homeschooling guidelines

What do the Every Student Succeeds Act and No Child Left Behind Act have in common?

• State testing to help struggling schools

• Allowing states to opt out of testing

• Funding for struggling students

• Use of common core standards