Education Policy 1 - Equal Opportunity and New Right Policies

Multiple-choice quiz with 10 questions

Choose the correct answer for each question. You should aim for 90% or more for this quiz

Which of the following issues was the main concern of education policy between the 1940s and the 1970s? (choose ONE answer)
1. Equal opportunity
2. Market forces
3. Comprehensive schools
Which of the following was the main concern of education policy during the period of Conservative government from 1979 to 1997? (choose ONE answer)
1. Standards in education
2. Equal opportunity for all
3. Comprehensive education
Which recent education policy has been seen as a threat to working class children going to university?
1. Tuition fees
2. Education Maintenance Allowances
3. The National Curriculum
What did equal opportunity mean in comprehensive school reform?
1. Free education for all
2. Equal opportunity for all under one roof
3. The tripartite system
Which of the following factors could interfere with the principle of equal opportunity in comprehensive schools?
1. The hidden curriculum - streaming
2. The hidden curriculum - teachers' attitudes
3. Material deprivation in the home
4. Cultural factors in the home background
5. Wider inequalities in society, such as job opportunities
6. All the factors mentioned here
The 1988 Education Reform Act introduced a number of new policies into state education. Most were based on the idea of market forces. Which ONE of the following was not based on the idea of allowing the market to decide the outcome of education?
1. Schools managing their own budgets
2. Parents choosing the school for their children
3. The National Curriculum
4. League tables for results and attendance
Which of the following were key ideas of the New Right approach to state education? (choose ONE answer)
1. Competition
2. Choice
3. Diversity
4. All the factors mentioned here
Ball's research showed that middle class parents were better able to use market forces to their own advantage. Which of the following did he find? (choose TWO answers)
1. Middle class parents were likely to visit more schools before choosing one for a child
2. Middle class parents had more cultural and material resources in choosing a school
3. Middle class parents sent their children to grammar schools
4. Middle class children sent their children to independent schools
Who argued that the National Curriculum was ethnocentric - that it reflected white Anglo-Saxon knowledge?
1. Richard Johnson
2. Conrad McNeil
3. Stephen Ball
Which of the following education reforms was seen as a response to the problem of material deprivation for working class children?
1. The National Curriculum
2. EMAs (Educational Maintenance Allowances)
3. League tables