Ch. 1 Quizs - CTE II

Praxis Series: Professional Assessments for Beginning Teachers

• Evaluations of student performance are the main focus of professional assessments.
• Professional assessments are only for experienced teachers.
• Professional assessments are a battery of tests available to states for the initial certification of teachers.

• Professional assessments do not involve any feedback for teachers.

high-stakes tests

• High-stakes tests are achievement tests that have high-stakes consequences for students, teachers, and administrators.

• High-stakes tests are assessments with no consequences for the test taker.
• High-stakes tests are only used for grading purposes without any significant outcomes.
• High-stakes tests are informal evaluations with minimal impact.

alternative teacher certification

• Alternative teacher certification is only for experienced teachers.
• Alternative teacher certification requires a master's degree.
• Alternative teacher certification is the same as traditional certification.
• Alternative teacher certification is a provision allowing people who have completed college to become certified teachers (not a teacher education program).

fringe benefits

• Fringe benefits are only available to part-time employees.
• Fringe benefits are medical insurance, retirement, and tax-deferred investment opportunities, etc that are given to teachers in addition to base salary.

• Fringe benefits are mandatory payments made to the government.
• Fringe benefits refer to the salary increase given annually.

adequate yearly progress

• Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) is a provision of the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 requiring that schools provide evidence each year that students are making adequate yearly progress.

• Yearly Academic Progress (YAP) is a measure of school attendance.
• Adequate Yearly Performance (AYP) is a grading system for teachers.
• Annual Progress Assessment (APA) is a measure of school funding.

student variability

• Student variability indicates the fixed abilities of students in a classroom.
• Student variability is differences among students in regard to their developmental needs, interests, abilities, and disabilities.

• Student variability is the uniformity of learning methods among students.
• Student variability refers to the average performance of a class.

every student succeeds act

• The Every Student Succeeds Act focuses solely on high school students.
• The Every Student Succeeds Act is a state-level initiative.
• The Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) is a U.S. law aimed at ensuring academic success for all students that replaced No Child Left Behind.

• The Every Student Succeeds Act was enacted in 2005.

student diversity

• Student diversity is the uniformity of students in a classroom.
• Student diversity refers to the academic performance of students.
• Student diversity is differences among students in regard to gender, race, ethnicity, culture, and socioeconomic status.

• Student diversity is the number of students enrolled in a school.

teacher supply and demand

• Teacher supply and demand indicates the quality of education provided by schools.
• Teacher supply and demand is the number of school-age students compared to the number of available teachers.

• Teacher supply and demand is the process of hiring teachers based on their salary expectations.
• Teacher supply and demand refers to the number of students enrolled in teacher training programs.

highly qualified teachers

• Highly qualified teachers are teachers who have bachelor's degree, full state certification, and knowledge of the subject(s) they teach.

• Instructors with a master's degree in any field
• Educators without any certification
• Teachers with only a high school diploma