Power Moves In School Administration

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The Texas Academic Performance Report (TAPR) provides comparative data on student performance trends at which levels?

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campus, district, and state

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Which of the following is a legal guideline that Mrs. Snellman should not have been particularly concerned with to discuss at that meeting? Individualized Education Program (IEP), Least Restrictive Environment (LRE), Due Process

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Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)

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Which of the following are all Site-Based Decision-Making structures?
I. Group consensus, Council decision, and Individual Advisory
II. Group consensus, Group majority, and Individual Advisory
III. Group consensus, Group majority, and Council decision
IV. Group majority, Council decision, and Individual Advisory

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Group consensus, Group majority, and Individual Advisory

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Research on the prevention of student dropouts suggests that district leaders should strongly consider investing resources to provide middle grade educators with reports showing how their graduates fare in high school - how many stayed on track as they progressed through high school and how many dropped out. The cohort-based analysis to identify risk factors over time is particularly important most likely because

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Many dropouts begin to show warning signs and downward trends in 6th grade (middle school) or 9th grade (high school).

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Which of the following classroom activities is an example of summative assessment? Present several possible answers to a question, then ask students to vote on them; Ask students to summarize the main ideas they've taken away from an assigned reading; Have students take a pop quiz at the end of the unit; Assign a brief in-class writing assignment.

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Have students take a pop quiz at the end of the unit.

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Which Texas Teacher Evaluation and Support System (T-TESS) domain is described by the need for students to be provided with appropriate opportunities to learn in relation to lesson goals and objectives? Options: Planning, Instruction, Learning Environment, Professional Practices and Responsibilities

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Instruction

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What should Principal Parker's first step be in order to maximize communication and collaboration? Options: Encourage teachers to incorporate safety topics into the curriculum. Develop a policy, form, or box for suggestions to improve campus climate. Encourage teachers to contact parents regularly to inform them about the good things students are doing. Appoint a school safety committee that includes representatives of all segments of the school population.

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Develop a policy, form, or box for suggestions to improve campus climate.

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The PTO has recently purchased an iPad cart for the school. Mr. Spear would like to integrate this new technology as he reteaches the concept of cultural convergence and divergence to students. Which of the following scenarios best utilizes the iPads to teach this concept?

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Students use the iPads to locate their own examples of cultural convergence and divergence and share with others.

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Which of the following statements would be true of effective differentiation for a sixth-grade class reading a historical piece of nonfiction with scaffolding and differentiation?
- Students work in homogenous groups based on testing data.
- Students complete activities that incorporate multiple learning objectives into one.
- Students participate in small group activities formed using their most recent vocabulary assessment data.
- Students work at their own pace through customized, individual lessons.

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Students participate in small group activities formed using their most recent vocabulary assessment data.