CPACE Test – Questions & Accurate Answers (Rated A+)
Kindergarten Readiness Act Right Ans - Changed birthdate requirements to
September. Added Transitional Kindergarten.
Williams Act Right Ans - Required access for students to learn, including in-
class/take-home materials, safe learning environment, and qualified teachers.
The state sends inspectors at anytime.
What are some factors included in Learning-Centered Schools? Right Ans -
-Focused instruction
-Examples, data, and standards to identify need
-Creating a Professional Development Plan
What is a Shared Vision? Right Ans - "Description of what a school aims to
do and be." What is expected and by WHEN. Includes climate and culture
What is a Mission Statement? Right Ans - "How to achieve the vision?"
Includes purpose, priorities, requirements, and operational cornerstones.
Goals are specific and measurable.
Who is the LEA and what do they do? Right Ans - An elected counseling and
is a legal agency of the state. The LEA shares power with the DOE and
creates/enforces policy, rules, and regulation.
The Rational Model Right Ans - -ALL alternatives can be identified and the
OPTIMAL choice can be made.
-Unrealistic to know all options and outcomes
Bounded Rationality Model Right Ans - -Decisions made by selecting FIRST
and BEST option that is above a minimum threshold
Heuristic Model Right Ans - "Rule of thumb"/Golden Rule
-Oversimplifies problems
Intuition Model Right Ans - "Feeling" of the right choice
-80% of decisions made by admin
,Incrementalizing Model Right Ans - -Making small changes towards a
bigger solution
-good model when unable to get consensus from a group
-"muddling through"
Garbage Can Model Right Ans - -Multiple suggestions thrown into the pot
-Often incongruent and based on personal experiences
Consensus Building Right Ans - -Decisions made by the entire group
-Obtaining "buy-in" and agreements
-Compromise
Child Benefit Theory Right Ans - -Government provides funding to private
schools as long as the funding ONLY goes to benefit the child
Cochran vs. Louisiana BOE (1930) Right Ans - -Child Benefit Theory
-School must provide textbooks to students in all secular subjects
Everson vs. BOE (1947) Right Ans - -Child Benefit Theory
-School must provide reimbursement to the parents for the cost of
transportation
BOE of Central School District vs. Allen (1967) Right Ans - -Child Benefit
Theory
-School must buy and lend books to students to take home.
"Literacy Behind Bars" National Assessment of Adult LIteracy Prision Survey
found that ______% of prisoners have Learning Disability Right Ans - 40%
What is a Parent Trigger Law? Right Ans - Legal Maneuver allowing
parents to change administration of a poor performing public school to
change into a charter school.
"Parent Empowerment Law" SBx54 Right Ans - CA first state with Trigger
Law.
-Allow underperforming school to have "open enrollment" any any other
school
LAUSD November 2009
, -School can be transferred to outside management if approved by the majority
of the parents and DOES NOT have to be underperforming to become a
Magnet School
State laws MUST align with.... Right Ans - Federal Laws
Public School Accountability Act (PSAA) Right Ans - 1999-hold students,
schools, and districts accountable for improving student performance.
Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) Right Ans - 1963-by
Lyndon B. Johnson
-"full education opportunity should be our nations first goal" in response to "a
nation at risk"
-Provided funding for low income schools, books, SPED, college, and quality of
schools
No Child Left Behind (2002) Right Ans - -Standards-based education
reform
-Exposed the achievement gap
-Required 100% proficiency to receive federal funding
-Expanding federal role in public education
-Annual testing, academic progress, report cards, and teacher qualifications
Which program nationalized education and created Title 1 Funding? Right
Ans - No Child Left Behind
What are the requirements for Title I Funding? Right Ans - -School must
make adequate yearly progress (AYP) set by states
-States provide "highly qualified teachers"
-States set "one high, challenging standard" for all students
-Let military recruits access student info
Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) 2015 Right Ans - -Set by Obama
-More control to the states and districts to set student standards
What are the states required to do for ESSA? Right Ans - -Submit
goals/standards to US DOE
-Test students 3-8th and 11th
-Consequences for low performing schools with support
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