EDUC 648 Quiz 1

EDUC 648 Quiz 1 Liberty University

EDUC 648 Quiz Economics – Public and Private Schools

Module 1: Week 1

1. Which of the following items is listed as a component for which no figures can be quoted to indicate the economic benefits of education to individuals?
2. Which of the following is one of the commonly cited benefits of an education?
3. Which of the following philosophers considered government to over govern education?
4. Which of the following regarding the importance of education to our national economy is a true statement?
5. The goals of education have been consistent in the United States since the founding of the republic.
6. With regard to education, “high quality” has been able to be defined in terms that are measurable and acceptable.
7. It is clear that the returns on education expenditures are shared by the individual student as private benefits and by society at large as public benefits.
8. Consumer sovereignty is the concept that consumers in free-market systems determine what get produced.
9. There is a point of diminishing returns in the expenditure of funds for education. Where this point is-in terms of expenditures per pupil-has not yet been determined.
10. Which of the following is NOT a method used to assess school finance adequacy?
11. Which of the following is NOT an accurate statement relating to adequacy?
12. Which of the following is a reason for increasing costs in education?
13. Which of the following statements is accurate?
14. Which of the following factors can affect the cost of education?
15. Cost function/ econometric modeling is the relationship between expenditures and achievement which is used as a basis for estimating costs when assessing finance adequacy.
16. Inflation means that the value of the dollar is increasing, which means that the real income of individuals increases.
17. The cost of an adequate education is estimated based on what that education is expected to accomplish.
18. The provision of a system of public education rests squarely with the legislatures in the respective states.
19. Taxpayer support for public schools is critical to provide adequate funding for education.
20. Since 1950, the armed forced of the United States have required applicants and recruits to take a literacy test.
21. Energy is a crucial factor in increasing the costs of education.
22. Which of the following statements is correct?
23. Which of the following groups would be at the greatest disadvantage when property taxes are used for funding schools?
24. There are many factors that can skew results in studies related to equity. Which of the following is NOT included with those mentioned by the authors?
25. Which of the methods listed below would be a viable way to measure the ability of school districts to raise funds for any or all purposes?
26. Identify which of the statements below would be included among the advantages of using the weighted-pupil method to approach equity in school finance.
27. At present, equity for children can best be measured in terms of comparing the expenditures per child.
28. The call for fair and equitable funding across schools within large school districts has decreased in recent years
29. States vary in their property assessment practices and in the ways they levy taxes on local property.
30. Schools that have experienced staffs with higher salaries for teachers and administrative personnel will produce greater per-pupil costs.

Set 1

1. With regard to education, “high quality” has been able to be defined in terms that are measurable and acceptable.
2. At present, equity for children can best be measured in terms of comparing the expenditures per child.
3. According to the recent polling discussed in Chapter Two, respondents were willing to give much higher grades to the nation’s schools than they were to the schools in their own communities.
4. Which of the following is a reason for increasing costs in education?
5. Inflation means that the value of the dollar is increasing, which means that the real income of individuals increases.
6. The greatest school population increase is expected to be in the West.
7. Which of the following statements includes accurate statements regarding funding education in our country according to 2017 data discussed in Chapter Two?
8. Which of the following philosophers considered government to over govern education?
9. A proportional tax
10. The landmark court ruling of Serrano v. Priest (1971) did a lot to establish fiscal neutrality. Which of the following was included in the Serrano ruling?
11. It is clear that the returns on education expenditures are shared by the individual student as private benefits and by society at large as public benefits.
12. Which of the following is among the complications that would occur in applying a foundation program?
13. The cost of an adequate education is estimated based on what that education is expected to accomplish.
14. Taxpayer support for public schools is critical to provide adequate funding for education.
15. Human capital is essential to the creation of wealth.
16. Energy is a crucial factor in increasing the costs of education.
17. Identify which of the statements below would be included among the advantages of using the weighted-pupil method to approach equity in school finance.
18. Which of the following is one of the commonly cited benefits of an education?
19. Children living in poverty tend to have a higher number of absences than children not in poverty.
20. Which of the following statements is accurate?
21. Equity for taxpayers is easy to achieve in a finance formula.
22. The quality and quantity of educational services are determined largely by the wishes of government officials.
23. Which of the following is NOT a method used to assess school finance adequacy?
24. Which of the following is not a component of the Marxian educational perspective?
25. Consumer sovereignty is the concept that consumers in free-market systems determine what get produced.
26. States vary in their property assessment practices and in the ways they levy taxes on local property.
27. The Reaching America’s Health Potential Among Adults report lists all but one of the following statements as a factor of education as it relates to influencing health.
28. Which of the following factors can affect the cost of education?
29. The goals of education have been consistent in the United States since the founding of the republic.
30. Which of the following groups would be at the greatest disadvantage when property taxes are used for funding schools?

Set 2

1. The Budget Needs calculations show how much it takes for families to afford minimum daily necessities and provide a consistent measurement throughout the United States
2. Equity as it relates to educational opportunity is considered synonymous with equality
3. School budgets benefit when the country is in a period of deflation
4. Which of the following is NOT included in the shortcomings in education needing attention from the Center on Education Policy report?
5. According to the Belfield and Levin, increasing the high school completion rate by just 5 percent would save the U.S. up to $32 billion per year in reduced costs from crime.
6. It is well established that human capital is more important than natural resources in wealth creation.
7. Which of the following is a reason given for increasing costs of education?
8. School enrollment is expected to increase most rapidly in the West.
9. In using assessed valuation for the determination of property tax, 20 mills would be equal to the decimal equivalent of .002.
10. Which of the following are NOT specifically included by the authors in the commensurate benefits of a quality education?
11. The growing needs of education has had a dampening effect on the public resistance to taxes.
12. Under the ability principle of taxation, the wealthy pay more for the services of government, and therefore incur a greater burden than those who are less affluent.
13. The report, Ready, Willing, and Unable to Serve, indicated 75 percent of those between the ages of 17 and 25 were unfit to serve in the United States military.
14. With regard to education, “high quality” has been able to be defined in terms that are measurable and acceptable.
15. There is a point of diminishing returns in the expenditure of funds for education.  Where this point is-in terms of expenditures per pupil-has not yet been determined.
16. Which of the following statements is correct?
17. Which of the following philosophers considered government to over govern education?
18. In the early history of the United States many of the individual states were slow in accepting major responsibility for financing public schools.  Consequently:
19. Equality for children should be more concerned with equality of input than with equality of output in the education process.
20. Prior to the years of equal sharing of the burden of taxation a person’s place of residence and the extent to which he or she invested in real property were major factors in the calculation of his or her burden in financing education.
21. The Dosomething organization lists areas that are affected by literacy. Which of the following is not included as a factor?
22. The landmark court ruling of Serrano v. Priest (1971) did a lot to establish fiscal neutrality.  Which of the following was included in the Serrano ruling?
23. There are many factors other than financial resources that influence educational achievement.  Which of the following is included with those mentioned by the authors?
24. Which of the following statements reflects the results from research regarding the relationship between achievement and funding?
25. Schools in the private sector operate under the same set of theories and rules as those in the public sector.
26. With regard to funding public education, the federal government is designed to:
27. Adequate revenues provide the possibility of producing and guaranteeing a good educational program.
28. At present, equity for children can best be measured in terms of comparing the expenditures per child.
29. The population’s increasing mobility results in increased school costs
30. The America’s Health Potential Among Adults report lists all but one of the following statements as a factor of education as it relates to influencing health.