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What does KIPP stand for?

• Kids In Poverty Project

• Knowledge is Power Program

• Knowledge Information Prosperity Project

• Kids In Pilot Program

Describe the demographics of KIPP’s student body.

• Wealthy students who are admitted with a rigorous application and interview process

• Predominantly white students from middle class homes

• African-American or Hispanic students, most from single-parent homes and qualify for free/reduced lunch

• A diverse group of students from a wide range of ethnic and socio-economic backgrounds

What does SSLANT stand for?

• stop, study, learn, answer, negotiate, and teach

• smile, sit up, listen, ask questions, nod, and track

• science, social studies, language, art, and technology

• school, society, learning, answering, no talking

Compare the math performance of students at KIPP to that of their peers in wealthy suburbs.

• The KIPP students perform just as well as their wealthier peers.

• The KIPP students drastically underperform their wealthier peers.

• About 50% of KIPP students outperform and 50% of KIPP students underperform their wealthier peers.

• The KIPP students’ scores are higher in reading but lower in math.

Which did early education researchers like Edward Jarvis and Horace Mann believe about the amount of hours students spent in school?

• They wanted to make sure that students attended school as much as possible.

• They thought boys should get twice as much schooling as girls.

• They were concerned that students not get too much schooling.

• They thought wealthier students didn’t need as much schooling as poorer students.

How did Western agriculture influence the American school system?

• Children were grouped by grades in little red school houses.

• Students in many schools still learn about agriculture today.

• Students only attend school until the age of 18 because that’s when they were expected to work on the family farm.

• There were alternating seasons of hard work and little work, which developed into the concept of summer vacation.

According to Karl Alexander’s research, what happens to the achievement gap between wealthy and poor students from first grade to fifth grade?

• The achievement gap gradually increases

• The achievement gap slightly decreases.

• The achievement gap more than doubles.

• The achievement gap stays the same.

What are the two typical responses provoked by discussion of the “achievement gap”?

• Disadvantaged kids simply don’t have the same ability; schools aren’t doing a good enough job.

• Summer vacation makes the achievement gap worse; all schools should switch to a year-round schedule.

• Rich parents bribe teachers to improve students’ grades; teachers have a bias against poor kids.

• Wealthy kids are just better test takers; disadvantaged kids do better on project and performance-based assessments.

What discovery did Alexander make to account for the achievement gap in his data?

• The gap occurs not during the school year, but over the summer.

• The gap occurs during the school year, but shrinks over the summer.

• Students who are required to attend summer school catch up faster than students who skip summer school and are held back.

• Student growth is false because they are less motivated to take the pre-test seriously in the fall.

How can different parenting styles play a role in the achievement gap?

• Wealthy parents instill the value of school, while poorer parents tell their kids that school doesn’t matter.

• Kids from wealthy homes are more likely to have summers full of educational, while kids from poorer homes are not as likely to be exposed to educational activities during the summer.

• Parents who exhibit “tough love” raise better students than parents who try to be their child’s friend.

• Parents who are too over-involved stifle their children’s academic success, whereas less involved parents teach their students how to learn things on their own.