PLC Pre-Test

What is the best cycle for a PLC to follow?

• Plan, Act, Study, Do
• Plan, Act, Do
• Plan, Assess, Master
• I don't know

Participating in a PLC can best be evaluated by TKES standards #_______

• #3 Instructional Strategies
• #5 Assessment Strategies
• #8 Academically Challenging Environment
• #9 Professionalism

While participating in PLCs, staff should abide by the norms of collaboration by pursing a balance between __________________ and ________________.

• complaining / agreeing
• advocacy / inquiry
• smiling / frowning
• standards / learning targets

While participating in PLCs, staff should abide by the norms of collaboration by pursing a balance between __________________ and ________________.

• complaining / agreeing
• advocacy / inquiry
• smiling / frowning
• standards / learning targets

When are instructors finished teaching the standards within a school year?

• When ALL presentations and activities are completed
• When the PLC decides
• When the teacher's copy limit is reached.
• When EVERY student has mastered EVERY standard.

When individual students have mastered a standard, what should be planned for the students who have not mastered a standard?

• Media Center time
• Remediation
• Enrichment
• Time in hallway

When many students are struggling with mastering a standard, what should be planned for the student who has shown mastery?

• Enrichment
• Pizza party
• Remediation
• Help teacher with grading papers

A standards-based classroom should always have the __________ posted visibly each day.

• learning target
• standard(s)
• lunch schedule
• learning target and the standard(s)

When students do not meet standards, what types of academic support should be offered?

• differentiated instruction
• the same activities previously utilized
• extended work from the book
• after school detention

If a classroom is truly standards-based and formative assessments are for mastery, what if Sally masters a standard in September and Susie masters the same standard in November. Would Susie's final grade be lower due to poor grades on the standard earlier in the semester?

• Not if true formative assessment for mastery is utilized
• Yes, she did not master it at the time it was presented.