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History of Education Careers in Education Quiz

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Congress passed the GI Bill during what year?

a)

1950

b)

1960

c)

1970

d)

1940

2.

The National Defense Education Act was established in what year?

a)

1968

b)

1958

c)

1957

d)

1977

3.

School enrollments increased 30 percent over the decade as the _________ born after World War II came of school age.

a)

Millennials

1981 - 1996

b)

Generation X

1965 - 1980

c)

Baby Boomers

1946 - 1964

d)

Generation Z

1997 - 2012

4.

The biggest event in education during the 1950s was the desegregation of the country's public schools.

a)

True

b)

False

5.

The Bilingual Education Act, Title VII of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act was established during what year?

a)

1975

b)

2022

c)

1995

d)

1968

6.

President Clinton introduced a competitive grant entitled the Technology Literacy Challenge Fund (TLCF) during what year?

a)

1996

b)

2012

c)

1979

d)

1985

7.

The No Child Left Behind Act was established in 2021

a)

True

b)

False

8.

____________  provide students with a context for studying traditional academics and learning the skills specific to a career, and provide U.S. schools with a structure for organizing or restructuring curriculum offerings and focusing class make-up by a common theme such as interest.

a)

Career Clusters

b)

No Child Left Behind

c)

Educational Standards and Accountability

d)

Back-to-Basics Movement

9.

____________ define the knowledge and skills students should possess at critical points in their educational career.

a)

No Child Left Behind

b)

Career Clusters

c)

Educational standards

d)

Back-to-Basics Movement

10.

The Education for All Handicapped Children Act (sometimes referred to using the acronyms EAHCA or EHA, or Public Law (PL) 94-142) was enacted by the United States Congress in what year?

a)

1884

b)

1950

c)

2022

d)

1975