WorksheetsFTCE FELE Subtest 1
Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 15mins
Which of the following is true about mental health and student learning and achievement?
Educational problems are not related to mental health issues.
External stressors can create obstacles to learning and achievement
Only psychological disorders diagnosed by a health professional can be addressed in schools.
Only students who qualify for special education services can receive support for mental health issues.
School leaders must know of a wide range of mental health professionals available to students. To which of the following are students most often referred for help that schools cannot provide?
Career Counselors
Family Counselors
Group Counselors
School Counselors
In terms of assessment, which of the following is a true statement that school leaders should consider when minimizing bias and maximizing equity for all students?
Accommodations given to students during testing are inherently fair.
Progress monitoring using student data decreases achievement groups.
Achievement gaps can be resolved by testing low performing students frequently and extensively.
Assessment validity and reliability nullifies most non-standardized test results.
An elementary school leader has a set goal of establishing a school climate wherein all educators believe every child can learn and succeed, and are committed to enabling every child to do so. Which classroom practice should the leader encourage teachers to use toward the goal?
Differentiating Instruction
Assigning student teams to compete in contests
Differentiating assessment standards by student
Regularly researching individual student interests
In a manifestation determination meeting, if a school IEP committee determines a student's behavior was a manifestation of their disability, what correctly identifies an area the IEP committee will address through a suitable plan?
Modifying implementation of the IEP other than how it is written.
Adding accommodations, services, etc. without changing the IEP.
Offering additional services as needed without more evaluations.
Making a functional behavior assessment to inform the intervention.
The Dean of Instruction analyzed data from the most recent benchmark and noticed that when the data was disaggregated by race and ethnicity, a particular group failed to meet performance standards. How should the Dean address this?
Talk to teachers who instruct the demographic group and students that belong to the demographic group to identify the challenges they are facing in mastering the content.
Contact the parents of the students who were not successful and inform them that their child needs tutoring.
Observe the teachers who instruct the demographic group to determine their efficacy.
Develop a schedule of tutorials and remediation for the students who did not master the content.
Among classroom assessment principles that school leaders must know for effective collaboration with teachers, which choice is MOST representative?
A few specific assessment instruments are error free.
Authors and users typically overestimate testing error.
Assessment reliability applies to tests, not test scores.
Good assessment is valid, reliable, ethical, and fair.
Educational research into collaborative data analysis has identified four areas. Which of these areas involves the process of exploring learning standards, goals, and definitions.
Calibration
Student data focus
Educator engagement
Supportive Technology
What is the primary reason that curriculum and instruction must be aligned to assessment?
School leaders must be able to justify why they select curriculum and resources.
Teachers must know what to teach in the classroom.
Assessments that are not aligned with curriculum and instruction will not accurately measure what students learned.
Alignment of curriculum and assessments makes it easier to analyze and compare student performance data.
The sixth grade department meets as a PLC and determines that overall students in sixth grade are not performing well on the same three math objectives. However, these same students are performing satisfactorily on other math objectives. Which of the following is the most likely reason that the sixth grade students are not mastering the identified math objectives?
The math teachers are ineffective in teaching the identified math objectives.
The curriculum is not properly aligned to address the identified math objectives.
The students need additional tutoring to master the identified math objectives.
The assessment used to measure student performance was biased.
Which of the following is the primary benefit to PLC's?
To provide opportunities for teachers to share ideas.
To provide constructive feedback on student performance.
To identify areas in the curriculum that need revision.
To ensure that the standards based curriculum is delivered.
Research shows that school leaders' time spent on which of these does not predict better student achievement.
Making evaluations
Classroom walkthroughs
Coaching peers
Program development
A high school principal ensured that the campus was fully staffed with highly qualified teachers at least one month before the start of the school year. What is the primary benefit of this effort?
Teachers that are hired early have more time to prepare before the school year.
Personnel budgets must be submitted before the school year begins.
All teachers will have an opportunity to participate in trainings and professional development prior to the start of the school year.
Teachers that are hired later in the year have classroom management issues.
Which pedagogical shift best supports the integration of technology into Instructional practice?
From homogenous student groups to heterogenous student groups.
From learning passively to learning actively
From teacher directed learning to student paced learning.
From lesson activities to project based learning.
Which of the following statements correctly reflects considerations for school leaders in supporting school improvement through effective resource management?
The school vision and goals are most dependent upon physical resources
Material resources are priority as they are needed for safe, comfortable teaching and learning environment.
Managing fiscal resources is necessary for managing other resources, with some exceptions.
Managing human resources is necessary for smaller classes and optimal student learning and achievement.
According to the federal government, the core components of a response strategy to information system threats and breaches are policy, plan, and procedure. Which of the following is a function of the policy component?
Defining staff and responsibilities and mechanisms for remediation.
Identifying needed management support and school resources.
Standardizing response tasks and behaviors and averting errors.
Conducting risk assessments on a regular basis as a preparation.
When leaders advocate for their schools in writing, which kind of writing skills do they need to recount true success stories about school initiatives and programs?
Persuasive writing skills.
Descriptive writing skills.
Narrative writing skills.
Expository writing skills.
A principal is planning for the upcoming school year. Which of the following factors would most directly impact student learning?
The number of math and reading teachers on staff and the size of the classes they teach.
The benchmark testing schedule for the academic year
The time that school starts each day.
The number of computers purchased.
What correctly represents National Education Association guidelines for school acceptable use policies regarding classroom Internet technology?
It should have a policy statement including covered computer services and student use conditions.
It should have a definition section covering important items used but preamble is not necessary.
It should have a section that defines acceptable use, but not one that defines unacceptable use.
It should include a violations or sanctions section, which should only define violations of the policy.
Which of the following is not accurate regarding school leaders' engagement of faculty and staff in ongoing self-assessment and improvement?
To encourage self-direction in improving, leaders should model self-assessment and improvement.
To encourage self-direction in improving, leaders should actively engage workers.
To encourage self-direction in improving, leaders should make learning accessible.
To encourage self-direction in improving, leaders should leave self-improvement up to employees.
A school leader has decided to hire an instructional coach to support teachers' growth. Which of the following is the most likely result of this decision?
The instructional coach will help the leadership team supervise and evaluate teachers.
The instructional coach will make decisions regarding professional development and training on campus.
Having an instructional coach will eliminate the need for professional development and training on campus.
The instructional coach will provide individualized, targeted support to teachers to help them grow.
Which of the following best describes rigorous instruction?
Rigor in academic instruction refers to curriculum and instruction that is challenging to students.
Rigor in academic instruction refers to honors, advanced placement, and dual credit courses.
Rigor in academic instruction refers to appropriate grading and feedback on student work.
Rigor in academic instruction refers to teaching above student grade levels.
An assistant principal is reviewing a reading teacher's gradebook and notices that the students have very few grades entered for the marking period. The assistant principal is concerned and plans on meeting with the reading teacher. Which of the following questions is most important for the assistant principal to ask the teacher during this meeting?
Are you aware of the grading policy in the faculty handbook?
How many grades to you plan on assigning for the marking period?
How do you document student mastery of objectives?
Do you need help with grading assignments?
What should school leaders keep in mind when integrating technology into standards based curricula?
They should assign their teachers to write technology standards.
They cannot help students meet standards by using technology.
They do not need to require students to master technology standards.
They should focus on learning with technology, not learning about it.
Which instructional materials would most promote student reflection?
Textbook end of chapter study questions.
Venn diagrams and other graphic organizers.
Journals for students to write regularly.
Worksheets for exercising new learning.
Alternative high school principals Mohr and Dichter (2001) codified development stages that school staff undergo to become learning communities. Which stage is associated with the emergence of a sense of community.
The stage involving conflict
The honeymoon stage
The confusion stage
The mature stage
According to experts, applying systems thinking to school organization results in which of these characteristics?
Policies and practices of school systems are improved continuously.
Curricula become diversified within the school system.
School systems become independent of other community systems.
Priorities are identified for the success of targeted student groups.
Which of the following criteria would make a school the best candidate for implementing an integrated management system as new technology for managing school operations?
The school has not been using any digital management system.
The school has been using one management system with no plans for more.
The school has one or more systems and plans on adding more systems.
The school wants separate system policies and documentation
Among school leader responsibilities for managing daily school facility operations, which is MOST likely to involve district support for hiring expert consultants to address contemporary issues?
Managing the food services in the school
Managing school environmental quality
Managing school transportation services
Managing custodial services in a school.
What is the primary purpose of PLC's?
To hold teachers accountable
To make it easier to monitor teaching and learning.
To facilitate collaboration among teachers.
To set and achieve instructional goals.
