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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6, Keeping Track.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is considered by Ayers an epidemic in our schools known as a toxic habit with no limits?
(a) Prejudice.
(b) Stereotyping.
(c) Flu.
(d) Labeling.

2. According to Ayers, what are standardized tests?
(a) Good.
(b) A great measurement tool.
(c) Bad.
(d) Excellent.

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

4. How does Ayers feel about standardized tests?
(a) Ayers believes standardized tests measure students accurately.
(b) Ayers enjoys taking standardized tests.
(c) Ayers supports the use of standardized tests.
(d) Ayers has been a life-long critic of standardized testing.

5. In Chapter 6, "Keeping Track," what is the process of narrowing, punishing, and controlling from the outside that too often passed for assessment?
(a) Assessed.
(b) Factory-produced.
(c) Standardized.
(d) Universalized.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who assigns numbers to textbooks linking books to "grade-level"?

2. Who described a student as "ordinarily expressive and lively when talking about ideas and information"?

3. What is a great motivator for student ceremonies according to Chapter 4, "Building Bridges"?

4. As suggested in Chapter 6, "Keeping Track," who requires standardized tests to comply with state law?

5. What occupation does Ayers say teachers must "take on" to understand children?

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