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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What grade levels were standardized testing banned around the nation?
(a) 2-5 grades.
(b) Kindergarten- 2nd grade.
(c) 11th and 12th grade.
(d) Kindergarten and 1st grade.

2. What did Ayers state is required for "greatness in teaching"?
(a) Learning.
(b) A great teacher trainer.
(c) A developed curriculum.
(d) An encounter with autobiography.

3. Ayers suggests that what is built on a base of knowledge about students?
(a) Outstanding teaching.
(b) Outstanding parents.
(c) Outstanding schools.
(d) Outstanding learning.

4. What does great teaching demand according to Ayers?
(a) Unique perspectives.
(b) An openness to something new.
(c) An openness to standardized testing.
(d) An close-mind.

5. What is a fixed and unvarying oversimplified belief that carries negative undercurrents?
(a) Cultural stereotypes.
(b) Regional stereotype.
(c) Regional prejudice.
(d) Prejudice.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 7, "Mystery of Teaching," who told a remarkable story of learning to read as a subversive activity?

2. What level of teachers needed to visit and revisit the regular curriculum question regularly?

3. Ayers stated that ________________________ is more dogmatic and insistent than any religion or political ideology.

4. How many intercom interruptions occurred in the first four hours at P.S. 269?

5. According to Ayers, what does good teaching demand?

Short Essay Questions

1. According to Ayers, what does culture include?

2. In Chapter 4, "Building Bridges," describe Zayd's "coming of age" discoveries.

3. How did Ayers describe Zayd's pursuing of his "coming of age" ceremony?

4. Based on Chapter 4, "Building Bridges," describe why Zayd's project, a project focused on values, was an important hopeful approach to teaching.

5. What did Ayers mean when he linked "consciousness to conduct"?

6. According to Ayers, how do teachers become students to their students?

7. What are the alternatives to standardized tests discussed by Ayers?

8. According to Ayers, what is one argument that supported proponents of phonics?

9. According to Ayers, what are good schools?

10. What does Ayers say greatness in teaching requires?

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