WorksheetsPoverty Quiz
Total questions: 7
Worksheet time: 4mins
In which of the following region types is poverty growing quickest in the US?
Urban areas
Rural areas
Suburban areas
According to the report from the Center for American Progress (Spatig-Amerikaner, 2012), schools with 90% White students receive how much more per student funding on average than schools with 90% students of Color?
$733
$533
$333
$3
How many children die each day worldwide from poverty-related causes (United Nations Inter-Agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, 2014)?
2,000
12,000
22,000
According to Kids Count (2016) report, 13% of White children in the United States live in poverty. What percentage of American Indian children in the United States live in poverty?
13%
31%
52%
74%
In low-poverty U.S. schools, one out of every nine courses is taught by a teacher who is not certified to teach it. In high-poverty schools the proportion is:
One in nine
One in six
One in four
According to the Center for American Progress, what proportion of US citizens will live at least 1 year of their lives in poverty?
One-fifth
One-third
One-half
According to a national study of U.S. parents with children in public schools (Noel et al., 2013), 66% of parents from families not experiencing poverty reported that they always checked to ensure their children did their homework. What percentage of parents from families experiencing poverty reported that they always checked to ensure their children did their homework?
32%
52%
72%
92%
