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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) 11th and 12th grade.
(c) Kindergarten- 2nd grade.
(d) Kindergarten and 1st grade.

2. Who founded the Hull House?
(a) Douglass.
(b) Rilke.
(c) Dewey.
(d) Addams.

3. According to Ayers, what are schools?
(a) Learning factories.
(b) Porous places.
(c) Large places.
(d) Small places.

4. What was the most recent standardized test Ayers took?
(a) ACT.
(b) PSAE.
(c) Basic Skills Test.
(d) GRE.

5. What level of teachers needed to visit and revisit the regular curriculum question regularly?
(a) Middle school teachers.
(b) Elementary school teachers.
(c) High school teachers.
(d) College teachers.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many inhabitants spoke English as the native tongue in 1988, according to Chapter 4, "Building Bridges"?

2. Ayers states that what type of teacher engages youngsters, interacted with them, and drew energy from students?

3. What is a fixed and unvarying oversimplified belief that carries negative undercurrents?

4. Who was a beekeeper that often learned from the bees?

5. Who believed that "human beings spent their lives weaving webs of significance"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Ayers believe the fundamental curriculum question is?

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

3. Describe Ayers's quest in teaching.

4. Explain the themes of Fratney described by Ayers.

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

6. What can't standardized tests measure?

7. In Chapter 7, "The Mystery of Teaching," describe the students at Imani School.

8. What were Ayers's feelings during the Illinois Teachers Basic Skills Test?

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

10. What are some ways that teachers can keep track of student achievement according to Ayers?

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