Multiplication Is For White People Review Quiz

Name: __________________________ Section: _______

1. Circle One - Lisa Delpit, author of Multiplication Is For White People, believes
that there is a very real achievement gap at birth : True or False
2. What is the Achievement Gap?
a. The consistent disparity between the performance of groups of students
defined by socioeconomic status, race/ethnicity, and gender.
b. When the proportion of a racial/ethnic group within the control of the system
is greater than the proportion of such groups in the general population
c. Inequality in education, income, and occupation exacerbates the gaps
between the health haves and have-nots.
3. What is the Achievement Gap, now, often referred to as?
a. A myth
b. The Opportunity Gap
c. A mere Learning Theory
4. Provide the name of the article you chose and, simply, its main idea:

5. Based on what you know about Delpits stance on the Achievement Gap, which of
the following do you think Delpit would use to define basic skills?
a. Linguistic conventions of middle-class society and the strategies used by
successful people to access new information.
b. Strategies and conventions that are taught and learned within the context of
meaningful, engaging instruction.
c. Standardized strategies and conventions that are taught and learned in order
to ensure equality between lower and higher achieving students.
6. Why was the Acheivement Gap Created?
a. As another way for racism to trickle through society and say that whites are
superior without directly saying it.
b. The Achievement Gap was never officially created as it is older than the nation
itself and the gap hadnt been tracked until the 1980s when the National
Assessment of Educational Progress came out.
c. To further segregate the U.S., under the radar, after The Civil Rights Act of
1964.

7. Based on a study that Stanford Researchers performed, which factor plays the
biggest role in the Achievement Gap?
a. Race
b. Religion
c. Income Level
8. Based on the video Why The Race Gap Still Exists In Good Schools, what is the
biggest difference between white families and families of color in regards to their
students success in school?
a. Their individual constraints.
b. The amount/lack of assistance from their district.
c. The individual students academic capability.
9. What is one of the common issues found in low-income school classrooms?
a. Busy-work
b. Unqualified Faculty
c. Non-determined Students
10. From Map 1 (High School Graduates), which region of the United States has the
highest graduation rates?
a. Northwest
b. South
c. Northeast
11. About what is the national average amount of money spent per student by its
district?
a. $3,000
b. $27,000
c. $11,000
12. Circle One The coorelation of each states data between the two maps (High
School Graduates & Spending Per Student) provided was : Positive, Negative, or
Unrelated
13. Which of the following is a quote that could be found in the book Multiplication
Is For White People?
a. Focusing solely on the minutiae of learning will not create educated people.
But that is exactly what is happening too often, in too many of our schools.
b. The nation recognizes its social, civic and economic strength is directly
linked to the strength of its public schools. But if every child is to have an
opportunity for success, every student must have a true Opportunity to
Learn.
c. Despite the best efforts of America's educators to bring greater equity to our
schools, too many children- especially low-income and minority children- are
still denied the educational opportunities they need to succeed.

14. Circle One - Did this lesson help you learn about or alter your existing view on
the Achievement Gap? : Yes or No
15.
Of all the things discussed in this lesson, please describe one or more
things that stuck with you and why in the space below.