Practice Test part 2 ⏰ — ILTS 195: Subarea I

Which of the following actions taken by a principal would be most appropriate and effective for increasing parent/guardian involvement and participation in a school’s academic and nonacademic programs?

• Publicizing school programs and events on the school’s website and through local media

• Using social media to solicit parents’/guardians’ participation in school programs and events

• Providing meaningful and substantive ways for parents/guardians to engage with the school

• Recognizing the contributions of parents/guardians who volunteer frequently at the school

A new elementary school principal is hired at a school that historically has had limited communication with the larger community. Many community members view school/community communication as being essentially one-way, and school administrators as unwilling to accept or implement feedback from the community. The new principal would like to change that perception and foster greater community involvement and interaction with the school. Which of the following actions by the principal would be the most appropriate and effective first step toward achieving this goal?

• Holding informational meetings in the community to share the school’s mission and vision for the upcoming school year

• Meeting regularly with groups of stakeholders in the community to gain a better understanding of their ideas and perspectives

• Selecting several policy changes that have been suggested in the last few years and implementing them as soon as is practical

• Reviewing surveys sent to parents/guardians in previous years to become familiar with their complaints about school policies

A principal is identifying local community and government agencies to coordinate services for students and families who need access and assistance to services beyond what the school can provide. The principal should use which of the following strategies to create effective coordination and collaboration with these agencies?

• Demonstrating how an interagency agreement with the school is mutually beneficial and aligns with the agencies’ missions and visions

• Utilizing school staff and faculty to serve as liaisons to the agencies and provide referrals on behalf of the agencies

• Providing access to student data and family financial records to determine eligibility for the agencies’ programs and services

• Allowing preferential access to school facilities for those agencies who enter into interagency agreements with the school

A high school principal is about to start the first year as leader of the school. The principal wants to enhance student participation in the student government organization (SGO) and enhance the student government organization’s capacity to express and address student concerns about school culture and safety. Which of the following strategies will be most effective?

• Allowing students to assist with the recruitment and selection of the faculty advisor for the SGO

• Conducting an ongoing dialogue about school issues with SGO leadership and membership

• Helping the SGO’s leadership develop and review effective agendas prior to meetings

• Attending the SGO’s first meeting of the school year to express support and define appropriate responsibilities

Which of the following communication strategies is most likely to provide a high school principal with the most meaningful engagement with students?

• Interacting socially with students in hallways, common areas, classrooms, and in the community

• Appointing a student representative to serve on permanent stakeholder committees

• Attending frequent meetings with faculty and students in small and large groups

• Creating structures, systems, and processes to gather student input about important school issues

Increasing globalization of economic activity is most likely to affect the high school curriculum in public schools in which of the following ways?

• Additional courses that teach proficiency in languages that have not traditionally been taught in high school are likely to be offered as electives

• High school curricula are more likely to increase the emphasis on technological literacy and other skills that will be most useful in changing job markets

• Public school curricula will require all students to take courses that deal with global economic issues such as trade, currency exchanges, and multinational business

• Social and cultural values toward education and achievement that are characteristic of other cultures are likely to influence curriculum development

The growing movement toward charter schools in many states is most likely to have which of the following effects on traditional public schools?

• Reducing the number of subjects taught at traditional public schools as specialized charter schools take over the teaching of certain subjects

• Reducing enrollment levels for non-charter public school districts, in turn creating funding challenges

• Reducing the availability of highly qualified teachers as non-charter districts compete with charter schools

• Reducing interest in special education at traditional public schools as students with disabilities choose to attend charter schools

The principal of a middle school wants to implement actions that ensure that access to academic programs and educational outcomes is equitable for all students in the school. Some members of the faculty object to the idea that student access to programs is currently inequitable, arguing that there is no evidence that differential treatment of students exists. Which of the following strategies by the principal would be most appropriate and effective for addressing the faculty’s resistance to the proposed actions?

• Providing specific examples of inequitable treatment from classroom observations

• Facilitating focus groups for selected faculty to examine existing biases and cultural competency

• Requiring schoolwide reviews of student success as a regular feature of faculty meetings

• Disaggregating various data to illustrate gaps in student achievement according to group

An elementary school principal will be making a presentation to the school governing board on progress on the school improvement plan and the school’s recent rating in the state school accountability system. The principal can most clearly describe the effectiveness of the improvement plan to the governing board by:

• Correlating improved academic outcomes to resource allocation in the plan

• Identifying positive changes in parents’/guardians’ school performance ratings

• Providing survey results assessing teacher satisfaction with the ease of implementation of the plan

• Stressing the flexibility of the plan in adjusting instruction to changing student demographics and achievement levels

Public school leaders can best provide equity in education for all students by:

• Defining high academic outcomes and standards for all students

• Assigning equal resources to all academic and social programs

• Applying the same rigorous assessment standards to all students

• Ensuring that every student has the support they need to be successful