Author Question: Because of the educational policy reports of the mid-1980s, such as A Nation at Risk, schools ... (Read 98 times)

kfurse · **on:** Jul 31, 2018

Because of the educational policy reports of the mid-1980s, such as A Nation at Risk, schools implemented

a. an increase in high-school graduation requirements only.
b. an increase in required math and science courses only.
c. an increase in college entrance requirements only.
d. all of the above

Question 2

The educational crises of the late 1950s and the early 1980s were similar in that

a. they both focused on the need to establish equity in terms of the attention and resources devoted to different populations served by public education.
b. the reforms that followed both crises were in response to a perceived decline in academic performance and called for increased academic rigor as a solution.
c. neither event had a very dramatic impact on public education.
d. both sets of reforms failed because of the public's unwillingness to fund needed changes.