Describe the No Child Left Behind Act, and explain how its successor, the Every Student Succeeds Act, is similar to, and different from it.

Explain the terms standards, accountability, and high-stakes tests.

From state to state in our country, standards and test items used to measure the extent to which students have reached the standards are similar in two ways. Describe the two ways in which they're similar, and the implications these similarities have for you as a teacher.

Describe the controversies in the standards movement, including three of the most common criticisms, and two arguments made by advocates of the movement.

Identify four major goals of Race to the Top.

Describe three reasons why the Race to the Top program is significant with respect to educational reform in our country.

A considerable amount of research has examined student achievement in charter schools compared to comparable public schools. Describe what is the most significant finding of this research.

DESCRIBE WHAT RESEARCH EXAMINING THE ACADEMIC BENEFITS OF VOUCHERS HAS FOUND.

Describe current forms of teacher evaluation that you are experiencing, and will experience, as you go through your teacher preparation program and begin teaching. Include when (such as during your pre-service program, or during your first year of teaching) the evaluation will occur, and what the purpose of the evaluation is.

Identify three common criticisms directed at value-added models of teacher evaluation.

Merit pay differs from other pay-for-performance plans in two ways. Describe the two ways in which it is different.