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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) 11th and 12th grade.
(b) Kindergarten and 1st grade.
(c) 2-5 grades.
(d) Kindergarten- 2nd grade.

2. Who assigns numbers to textbooks linking books to "grade-level"?
(a) Textbook publishers.
(b) Teachers.
(c) School Administrators.
(d) Textbook writers.

3. Who believed that "human beings spent their lives weaving webs of significance"?
(a) June Jordan.
(b) Gomer Pyle.
(c) Lisa Delpit.
(d) Gilbert Ryle.

4. How many intercom interruptions occurred in the first four hours at P.S. 269?
(a) Seven.
(b) Two.
(c) Four.
(d) Six.

5. Who described an astonishing process while teaching a course "The Art of Black English"?
(a) June Jordan.
(b) Gilbert Ryle.
(c) Lisa Delpit.
(d) John Holt.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who must be autobiographers and be authentic suggested by Ayers?

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

3. What did Ayers take away from a seven year old in the lunch room at P.S. 269?

4. According to Ayers, what are schools?

5. What is a set of techniques and directions to be mastered discussed in Chapter 7, "The Mystery of Teaching"?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Ayers say greatness in teaching requires?

3. Describe Ayers's quest in teaching.

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

5. Describe the corner Ayers's classroom where students would have had access to materials regarding "coming of age."

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

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

8. In Chapter 4, "Building Bridges," what did the second grade newsletter contain?

9. What can't standardized tests measure?

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

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