Across
- 2. A public school that operates with freedom from many of the regulations that apply to traditional public schools
- 4. Finance, international corporations, and trade link the economies of nations around the world-particulary those of major countries
- 6. Guidelines defining what students at various levels should know and be able to do
- 7. Tests designed to give a measure of students' performance compared with that of a very large number of other students
- 9. The great increase in births at the end of World War II
- 11. Schools teach toward students demonstrating mastery and achievement of specified knowledge and skills in subject areas
- 13. A reform movement which emphasized the need for more reading, writing, and math in schools for students to succeed in a complex world
- 14. A decades long standoff that began in the late 1940s after World War II, when tensions and competition increased between the Soviet Union on one side and the United States and its allies in Western Europe on the other
- 15. A social movement in the United States led primarily by African Americans and their supporters who sought to gain equal rights regardless of race
Down
- 1. Rigorous sequences of career and technical and academic courses to prepare students for successful transition from high school to postsecondary education/credentialing and employment
- 3. The mass slaughter of European civilians, especially those of Jewish descent, by the Nazis during World War II
- 5. Classes taught in two languages
- 8. A federal government program designed to help preschool children from low income families develop the skills they need for success in kindergarten and beyond
- 10. Unable to read or write
- 12. Measurable proof that schools and teachers are providing high quality education