Lesson 4.1.1.4

4.1.1.4 Educational policy, selection and marketisation Quiz: AQA Sociology, Unit 1

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The 20 questions

  1. Which three types of school formed the tripartite system established by the 1944 Education Act?

    • Public, private, grammar
    • Grammar, technical, modern
    • Grammar, comprehensive, modern
    • Comprehensive, technical, modern

  2. What was the primary aim of introducing comprehensive schools in the UK from 1965?

    • Creating grammar schools
    • Promoting market competition
    • Increasing private funding
    • Abolishing 11-plus selection

  3. Which concept describes giving all pupils equal access to education without guaranteeing equal outcomes?

    • Positive discrimination
    • Social mobility
    • Equality of outcome
    • Equality of opportunity

  4. Which type of school was created by the 1988 Education Reform Act to bypass local authority control?

    • Free schools
    • Comprehensive schools
    • Grammar schools
    • Grant-maintained schools

  5. Which type of school, introduced in 2000, receives funding directly from central government and uses sponsors?

    • Academies
    • Secondary moderns
    • Grammar schools
    • Community schools

  6. Which process applies consumer choice and competition between providers to the education system?

    • Tripartite system
    • Comprehensive reorganisation
    • Privatisation
    • Marketisation

  7. What term describes the transfer of state-provided educational services or facilities to private businesses?

    • Privatisation
    • Marketisation
    • Centralisation
    • Selection

  8. According to critics, league tables lead to schools focusing mainly on which pupils?

    • Disadvantaged pupils
    • Special needs pupils
    • High-achieving pupils
    • Borderline pupils

  9. In the tripartite system, which type of school offered an academic curriculum to pupils passing the 11-plus?

    • Secondary modern school
    • Comprehensive school
    • Grammar school
    • Technical school

  10. Which sociologist argued that marketisation allows middle-class parents to use their capital to gain educational advantages?

    • Stephen Ball
    • Talcott Parsons
    • Paul Willis
    • Émile Durkheim

  11. Which educational policy would a New Right theorist most strongly support?

    • Abolishing league tables
    • Market competition
    • Banning private schools
    • Local authority control

  12. Sociologists argue that selective entry tests like the 11-plus mainly benefit pupils with higher what?

    • Practical ability
    • Cultural capital
    • Innate intelligence
    • Physical fitness

  13. Which type of educational policy provides extra resources to disadvantaged pupils to narrow achievement gaps?

    • Marketisation
    • Streamed grouping
    • Grammar selection
    • Compensatory education

  14. Which international assessment system is used to benchmark British educational performance globally?

    • Ofsted
    • PISA
    • GCSE
    • SATs

  15. What is the term for school funding directly calculated from pupil enrolment numbers?

    • Formula funding
    • Tripartite allocation
    • Privatisation
    • Compensatory funding

  16. Why does the privatisation of education tend to increase inequality between social classes?

    • Universal access
    • Standardised testing
    • Random selection
    • Ability to pay

  17. Which term describes schools selecting high-achieving pupils to boost their league table position?

    • Silt-sifting
    • Tripartite system
    • Parentocracy
    • Cream-skimming

  18. What key feature did the 1988 Education Reform Act introduce for all state schools?

    • Tuition fees
    • National Curriculum
    • Comprehensive system
    • Grammar schools

  19. According to Gewirtz, which group benefits most from marketisation policies like parental choice?

    • Middle-class parents
    • Working-class parents
    • Single parents
    • Ethnic minorities

  20. Why do critics argue that selective education fails to improve social mobility?

    • Curriculums vary widely
    • Teachers favour boys
    • Tests favour background
    • Fees are mandatory

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