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Total questions: 60
Worksheet time: 30mins
The teachers have each brought writing samples from their students to the meeting. The principal should advise them to take which of these steps first toward instructional improvements?
Use the samples to identify students needing remedial instruction.
Perform an analysis of all writing samples, and give scores to each.
Review all of the writing samples and identify and group student needs.
Identify samples for use as benchmark examples next school year.
Following the initial meeting, the new principal conducts observations of each fourth-grade teacher’s classroom instruction. What should the principal mainly focus on in terms of improving students’ state standardized ELA test scores?
Whether teachers are aligning lesson objectives with state grade-level ELA standards
Whether teachers are incorporating instructional strategies for diverse student needs.
Whether teachers are implementing their lesson plans as written in classroom activities
Whether teachers are aligning lesson objectives with materials and teaching strategies
To assess and monitor progress toward school goals, which type(s) of assessment would be MOST indicated for measuring student analytical and critical thinking and communication skills?
Performance assessments, journals
Standardized tests of achievement
Extended student group projects
Teacher’s observations of students
Which of the following applies to both horizontal and vertical curriculum alignment?
Teaching the same content across all classrooms on the same grade levels
Teaching content aligned with state or district assessments and standards
Teaching to minimize achievement gaps through standardizing education
Teaching across successive grade levels including preparatory scaffolding
School leaders should regularly review and analyze teachers’ learning objectives, assessments, progress, and achievement data collection and use their analyses to determine which of the following?
How well these elements align with one another within and across grade levels and curriculum
How well these elements align with state or national standards rather than with one another
How well these elements align with one another within grade levels rather than across levels
How well these elements align with one another across grade levels instead of the curriculum
Which of the following practices by school leaders most effectively improves teacher practice and student learning?
Reviewing student performance data and sharing aggregated results with teachers.
Administering self-assessment surveys to teachers.
Conducting regular classroom observations and providing timely feedback.
Offering educational resources to teachers related to their identified areas of weakness.
The Dean of Instruction conducted a classroom observation of a 7thgrade math teacher and noticed that the math teacher was not following the curriculum for the math department. When asked, the math teacher informed the dean that the students were not ready for the standards identified in the curriculum and that he chose to review standards from 6thgrade instead. Which of the following would be the best response from the dean to the math teacher?
Commend the math teacher for addressing the gaps in student learning.
Require that the math teacher attend training on the math curriculum
Model instruction of the standards outlined in the curriculum.
Direct the math teacher to teach the standards outlined in the curriculum.
Which of the following actions best demonstrates a middle school leader monitoring instructional practices and student progress to ensure that all students are prepared for a challenging curriculum?
Offering a summer bridge program for underperforming seventh grade students entering eighth grade
Reviewing the performance of incoming sixth grade students on standardized tests.
Evaluating the course grades of eighth grade students enrolled in an Algebra I course for high school credit.
Comparing student performance on standardized tests to course grades to determine alignment of assessment.
The Dean of Instruction of a 9thgrade high school academy would like to monitor student progress for the grading period. Which of the following sources of data would best inform the dean of student progress?
Student portfolios of work samples from previous and current marking periods.
Benchmark scores from the previous and current marking periods.
Anecdotal teacher notes.
Report card grades for the marking period.
The math department is excited that for the third consecutive time, most of the seventh-grade students have earned perfect scores on their six-week report cards. The Dean of Instruction is concerned by this news and requests to examine student work samples and class grades. Whichof the following is a likely reason that the dean is concerned?
The data may indicate that the students are not receiving rigorous curriculum and instruction.
The math department’s performance may have misinterpreted the student data.
The few students who did not receive perfect grades may be falling behind.
The students are likely committing acts of academic dishonesty.
A school leader requests that teachers identify exemplary student work in PLCs and post the student work in their classrooms.The school leader regularly visits classrooms to view and evaluate the work that is posted. Which of the following best explains why the school leader made this request?
The school leader desires to be involved in analyzing student work.
The school leader is encouraging teacher collaboration.
The school leader is enforcing adherence to the standards-based curriculum.
The school leader believes that all students should be recognized for their performance.
To gather feedback from key stakeholders about the relationship between their opinions about the significance of education and the school’s vision and goals, which of these should a school leader do?
Develop a series of critical questions appropriate to this topic.
Develop a few open-ended questions to stimulate discussions.
Develop a school task force to interview all of the stakeholders.
Develop a series of meetings wherein stakeholders discuss this.
What is the most accurate definition of a learning objective?
What educators hope to accomplish during their instruction
What educators are supposed instruct the students
What students expect teachers to instruct them
What educators expect students to be able to do via instruction
As part of anoverall school reform initiative, a principal makes a plan to distribute leadership among educators and other stakeholders for implementing school goals. Which research findings exist to inform this decision?
Distributing leadership improves professional development but nothing else.
Educational reform changes demand efforts requiring a few superior leaders.
The capacity building needed for school improvement limits leader numbers.
School reform initiatives all share implicit distributed leadership in common.
Which of the following barriers would interfere the most with achieving a goal of increased student achievement in math?
A shortage of calculators
A lack of community support
The adoption of a new math textbook
The unexpected resignation of a math teacher
To create a culture of high expectations for students, some school leaders and teachers have instituted “no zeroes” grading policies wherein students received progressive interventions and new due dates to achieve at least 70% on assignments instead of 0% the first time. What best reflects student outcomes?
Far fewer students received F grades.
Missed assignments remained equal.
More students received a D grade.
More students received extra help.
How can attending district school board meetings most help a school leader who is new to a school and community in both informing the leader and promoting leader willingness to change positions or beliefs about educational issues?
By discovering how diverse the new school district is
By witnessing how school boards accentuate diversity
By seeing how school differences correlate to distance
By realizing how districts are managed just like schools
Which of the following things can school leaders do to give teachers a safe environment for expressing their ideas?
Giving critical feedback about unusual ideas they express
Scheduling regular, brief meeting times for original ideas
Taking care not to let teachers undermine their authority
Asking them how “safe” differs for teachers versus students
Which of these can school leaders appropriately do to prevent or eliminate racism and ensure cultural equality in their schools?
They can advocate for diverse representation on the school board and for equitable policies.
They should train their faculty in mediation and conflict resolution skills to settle disputes.
They cannot do anything about minority student overrepresentation in special education
They can make official policies nottolerating racism that suffice without consequences.
Researchers for state education departments report that school leaders they surveyed found which of the following to be their most important role?
Creating a supportive environment for teaching and learning.
Supporting parent involvement in the education of students
Managing the school budget and procuring additional funds.
Ensuring and maintaining safety and discipline in the school
To build a positive culture of learning and high expectations, school leaders can guide teachers to identify instructional activitiesthat are aligned to the curriculum and have been proven to be effective. Which of the following is an indicator of effective implementation of instructional activities?
Differentiated instruction
Increased student attendance.
Flexible student grouping.
Focused discussions and effective interaction between students.
Which of the following would provide the most valid indication of a culture ofhigh expectations?
Setting campus goals above minimum standards
Hosting award ceremonies for high-achieving students
Recognizing the Teacher of the Year publicly
Holding regular community meetings to discuss school performance with stakeholders
In many public-school districts, students with certain linguistic and/or cultural backgrounds are disproportionately enrolled in special education programs. How can a school leader best address this type of overrepresentation?
Examine current school procedures for assigning grade levels to students
Examine instructional strategies targeting students referred to special education
Examine instruments used to evaluate student need for special education
Examine the curriculum and related expectations of student achievement
Among standards informing effective professional development (PD) for teachers, which is/are most characteristic of strong school leaders?
Valuing ongoing learning, promoting continuous improvement, and inquiry, collaboration, and problem-solving
Realizing good PD’s value, promoting teacher participation, and communicating PD benefits to stakeholders
Human, financial, and temporal contributions; allocation coordination; and investment return assessments
Rigorous analysis of varied, disaggregated student data for proficiency standards, learning gaps, and results
Experts advise school leaders to create a clear vision for the best use of school-wide student achievement data and to communicate this vision. What else do they recommend for using these data?
School leaders should institute supports to develop a data-driven school culture.
School leaders should instruct faculty, not students, to understand and use data.
School leaders should develop and maintain data systems specific to the school.
School leaders should separate data from the cycle of continuous improvement.
To develop staff leadership skills that advance the school vision, which activities that school leaders can ask staff members to participate in fall into the category of helping staff increase their skill and knowledge bases?
Serve on school leadership teams, lead faculty study groups, help on school improvement projects, and lead curriculum planning committees.
Help screen and interview job applicants, attend district meetings, work on less familiar projects, and help others work with challenging parents
Discuss reasons and ways that school leaders handled situations as opportunities to observe and reflect, and journal leader practice observations.
Join and participate in professional organizations, mentor new employees, and present information to other members of the school staff.
Which of the following is a primary benefit of distributed leadership?
Distributed leadership helps to maintain status quo, especially in high-performing schools.
School leaders who practice distributive leadership are less stressed because they are able to delegate responsibilities.
Practicing distributive leadership builds capacity in others and develops followers into leaders.
Distributive leadership helps to identify weak team members that need to be replaced.
A principal forms and helps train a school vision oversight team before involving the whole faculty in developing a school vision statement. What best describes the primary purpose of this team?
To draft the vision because most school faculties are too big to be productively involved
To introduce the concept, engage faculty in writing a vision, and synthesize all their input.
To represent the school leadership team on a smaller level by delegating some members
To represent all school department staff, including those who are not already educational leaders
A principal has assembled a school vision oversight team and provided them with a variety of school data for background knowledge. The team is ready to engage school staff in developing a new school vision. Faculty members review the current vision statement, examples of others’ vision statements, and school data. The team divides staff into groups with discussion questions; for example, “What kind of school do we aspire to be?” What other question would apply?
How is our school just the same as any other school?
What do we think our vision statement should reflect?
What should we keep on doing to realize this vision?
What is evidence we are meeting the current vision
Research into achievement gaps in suburban schools known for excellence found which of the following about students from racial and ethnic minority groups?
Black and Latino students spent less time on homework and completed homework less.
Researchers attributed differences in grades and homework to motivation and effort
Asian students had higher grades and finished more homework by spending equal time.
Researchers attributed grade and homework differences to skill and home support gaps.
Which of the following actions best demonstrates that a principal makes decisions to improve instruction based on evidence from student data?
Meeting with parents frequently during grading periods
Conducting meetings for Professional Learning Committees based on grade levels and subject areas
Requiring teachers to host tutorial sessions for students after the regular school day.
Submitting reports to district office personnel after each grading period.
Which of the following is true regarding best practices for school leaders when giving teachers observational feedback?
Leaders should give feedback statements rather than asking questions.
Leaders should disregard strengths to focus on improving weaknesses
Leaders should emphasize all identified areas for improvement equally.
Leaders should include some specific next steps attainable for teachers
Which of the following should school principals primarily look for when observing teachers in classrooms for evaluation purposes?
They should focus on what students want to learn rather than what they want them to learn.
They should look for how comfortable the teacher is with the lesson content and method of delivery.
They should look for evidence of learning such as student responses to checks for understanding and student work products.
They should focus on physical classroom setups.
To evaluate teacher effectiveness in applying instructional strategies, school leaders need a working knowledge of student-centered, research-based teaching methods. What is most true about these?
The Socratic method is a useful, research-based strategy for delivering instruction.
Project-based learning requires technology integration in order to be implemented effectively.
Cooperative learning has been proven to be an effective, research-based instructional strategy.
It is necessary for teachers to utilize technology to deliver instruction in order to be effective.
According to multiple research studies, what is a characteristic of school leaders related to evaluating teacher effectiveness?
The most effective school leaders are better at identifying the best candidates for hiring as teachers.
The most effective school leaders are better at identifying the best and worst teachers on their staff.
The most effective teachers are attracted to the schools whose leaders have hired the best teachers
The most effective school leaders are better at identifying better and average teachers than poorer ones.
A high school principal is concerned that ninth grade students who read below grade level are not performing well on benchmark tests in Reading and Writing. Which of the following steps should the principal take to best address this concern?
Provide test preparation sessions for these students after school and on weekends andmonitor student attendance to the sessions.
Integrate reading and writing skills into all subject areas and provide training to all teachers on fundamental reading strategies.
Increase the opportunities that students have to spend in the school library.
Purchase a reading software program that students can use at home.
The school principal reviews classroom observation and feedback with assistant principals weekly, but often has very few classroom observations of their own conducted in preparation for the weekly meeting. What action should the school principal take to increase the frequency of classroom visits?
Make a commitment to visit classrooms every morning before the day gets too busy.
Clear their schedule on a specific day of the week to dedicate to classroom visits
Plan out the classrooms that should be visited for the week and add them to the calendar with reminders.
Carry classroom observation forms at all times and visit classrooms when an opportunity presents itself.
What is the primary benefit of conducting teacher evaluations?
Evaluations can provide feedback to staff members so that they can grow professionally.
Evaluations are needed to determine who is not performing to expectations.
Evaluations can helpidentify the professional development and coaching that teachers need.
Evaluations can be used to remove an underperforming teacher from their position.
Which of the following actions best exemplifies a focus on school-wide rigorous curriculum and standards-based instruction?
Increase the number of advanced placement and dual credit courses offered on the master schedule.
Increase the number of students taking college entrance exams.
Evaluate campus-based assessments for alignment to the standards and curriculum and revise where appropriate.
Offer after-school tutorials for students who are falling behind.
Of the following, which is true about multiple assessments of student learning?
Different assessment types access different skills and learning styles
Students must be re-tested often or they forget what they learned
Summative assessments following instruction are typically sufficient
Summative assessments enable adjusting instruction as it continues
Which of the following is true regarding how teacher evaluation standards should be designed?
Teacher evaluations should reference clear instructional standards to prioritize student learning.
Teacher evaluations should be conducted by school leaders with a single standardized measure.
Teacher evaluations should be based on occasional observation and avoid critical commentaries.
eacher evaluations should play a minor part in important decisions about teacher employment.
According to experts, which of the following is the most important factor in how school leaders evaluate their teachers?
Being motivated to evaluate teachers.
Making time for regular observations
Making time for longer observations
Making evaluations discrete events.
An assistant principal analyzes student performance data for the grading period and notices that a class of students consistently performs well in Reading and has not demonstrated growth. What might this data suggest?
The data is evidence of academic dishonesty
The students may need more rigorous instruction
The teacher is ineffective
Classroom instruction and assessment are unaligned
Which of the following activities would not be evidence that all students are being prepared for and have access to a challenging curriculum?
Students who were enrolled in pre-advanced placement courses in middle school are automatically enrolled in advanced placement courses in high school.
The school leader regularly monitors student performance data on tests and in classes to determine alignment of campus-based assessment to standardized assessment.
All students are administered college entrance exams on the school campus at no cost to the student.
Students who have a history of meeting satisfactory performance standards on standardized tests are offered enrichment courses to help them reach mastery performance levels.
The leadership team of an elementary school has implemented a new math software program for all students in grades three through five. After three months of using the program, the students participated in a district benchmark exam and they showed little to no growth in math performance overall. What step should the leadership team take next?
Abandon the program because it is not effective.
Develop a plan for monitoring the math program at shorter intervals to determine its efficacy.
Reduce the number of students using the math program.
Increase the amount of time that students use the program.
Which statement is true with respect to segregated educational services for individual student needs and integrated comprehensive educational services?
Students benefit more from specific educator expertise through segregated than integrated services.
A principle of service integration is student centeredness, that is, targeting the student as a failure source.
Educators should design their curriculum and instruction beginning with appropriate differentiation.
Educators should develop curriculum for average students and then adapt it for individual students.
How can a school leader evaluate and improve the school curriculum for cultural and racial equity?
Instruct teachers to view curriculum as pluralistic and unchanging.
Include multicultural education within the school curriculum goals.
Assure books include diversity but not look for prejudiced content.
Focus multicultural education on foods, festivals, and fun activities.
Which statement is MOST accurate concerning how school leaders can ensure that faculty instructional practices treat minority students equitably?
Leaders can best get teachers to model appreciation of diversity for students by talking about it.
If teaching practices conflict with student cultures, leaders instruct teachers to be aware of this.
Having all teachers know a few words or phrases in each student’s L1 is simply token lip service.
Leaders should make sure that all staff members learn to pronounce students’ names correctly.
Which of the following MOST accurately represents expert recommendations for school leaders to promote educational equity by influencing curriculum interpretation?
Allowing harassed students to establish support networks
Communicating with staff periodically about equity beliefs
Clarifying misconceptions about equity, like deficit theories
Talking about diversity issues regardless of staff discomfort
Researchers have identified which of the following practices that successful education leaders recommend to advocate for educational excellence and equity?
they develop equity skills that spread through the learning community.
They study system inequities to discover solutions to the problems.
They study equitable leadership to discover their parts in the problems.
They advise others to develop collaborative approaches across systems.
Which of the following informs how school leaders can incorporate diverse family and community aspirations and expectations into their educational decision-making and planning?
Family aspirations for children vary markedly by culture.
Ethnicity strongly influences family academic aspiration
Income affects family expectations more than race does.
Studies find high family aspirations across demographics
Which of the following strategies best addresses the achievement gap?
Disaggregating student data by subpopulations to identify disparities in performance.
Providing targeted interventions to students who perform unsatisfactorily
Tracking student performance and making projections about future performance based on past performance.
Exempting struggling students from meeting certain standards.
School leaders need to access multiple information sources to understand and address diverse student and community dynamics. As one type of source, their state education departments can share leadership and accountability and support school leaders. Which example of this helps school leaders in their jobs by facilitating their analyses of school strengths, needs, progress, and trends?
Establishing online networks and electronic mailing lists for them
Strengthening resources and refining data collection methods
Organizing conferences designed especially for school leaders
Initiating mentoring and coaching programs for school leaders
To engage diverse family and community members, school leaders and staff must make efforts to bridge gaps in language, culture, literacy, education, and so on. Which strategy MOST addresses cultural differences?
Having multilingual staff interpret at meetings, trainings, school events, and home visits
Suggesting parents ask children about assignments rather than help with homework
Assigning parent and community rooms for teacher and other parent meetings and information
Hiring community liaisons to help staff understand parental beliefs about education
The Tripod Project and other research-based initiatives to close achievement gaps have identified aspects of student engagement. For example, when teachers help them consolidate new learning, students are prepared for the future. Among other aspects, each described here as opposing pairs leading to success or failure, which is incorrect?
Trust and interest versus mistrust and disinterest
Autonomy of students versus control by teachers
Ambition in learning versus. ambivalence toward it
Industry versus disengagement or discouragement
What best reflects research findings about factors influencing school achievement gaps?
School curriculum and resources correlate with student achievement more strongly than socioeconomic status (SES).
SES correlates more strongly with achievement than school resources.
Student SES correlates more strongly with student achievement than school curriculum does.
Student achievement correlates more strongly with SES and school resources than curriculum.
Which of the following is the least effective way that school leaders can create inclusive school communities?
Encourage students of whose parents do not speak English to translate for them when interacting with school staff.
Provide video recordings and resources to parents who miss workshops and meetings.
Validate, honor, and thank family and community for supporting the school.
Hire parent liaisons to help parents access resources and services offered by the school.
School leaders and teachers are frequently frustrated about lack of family and community school involvement, particularly in diverse populations. Which is the most likely source of difficulty?
Educator attitudes are often unrealistic.
Educator methods are ineffective.
Educator efforts are often very intense.
Educator engagement is lacking.
Which of the following is true regarding how school leaders can foster equitable and inclusive educational practices?
The development of curriculum should solely be based on developmental appropriateness.
School leaders should model respect for diversity and offer multiple means for celebrating it.
Involving culturally diverse community stakeholders in school decisions is the responsibility of the school district.
Only school leaders are accountable to ensure equity for every student in all school programs.
Which of the following accurately represents how school leaders can promote equitable access to curriculum for all students and their parents?
They can make staff more comfortable in discussing diversity without promoting equity.
They can clarify school staff misconceptions related to deficit theories about minorities.
They can model equity in daily interactions, but should avoid confronting discrimination.
They can create safe environments, though student support networks are not their job.
