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CPACE TEST QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS1. In a time of reduced school funding, educational leaders can best help ensure that
sufficient resources are available to achieve a school's vision and goals for all student
groups by emphasizing which of the following approaches? - Answers -using student
performance or data and making those areas a priority in terms of resource allocation
2. In a school district where students from particular cultural and language backgrounds
are significantly over represented in special education programs, educational leaders
can best initiate efforts to address the issue by analyzing: - Answers -instructional
strategies used with students prior to their referral for special education.
3. Staff at a middle school are ready to implement instructional changes designed to
improve students' math achievement. In planning these changes, the school leader has
guided staff in a review of current research on math instruction and an examination of
students' math performance for the last three years. The leader can best ensure that the
planned changes achieve the desired results by prompting the staff to take which of the
following additional actions? - Answers -developing a plan for assessing student
improvement during and following the instructional changes .
4. One goal at an elementary school is to create a climate that reflects a commitment to
the belief that all children can learn and achieve success. School leaders can best
support achievement of this goal by emphasizing to teachers the value of which of the
following classroom practices? - Answers -using a variety of grouping strategies for
activities
5. In which of the following situations would peer coaching be the most appropriate
professional development strategy for a school leader to use? - Answers -Teachers
have received training on a new instructional strategy and are ready to implement it in
their classrooms
6. Which of the following behaviors by members of a high school's school site council
should be of
greatest concern to educational leaders at the school? - Answers -Several members of
the instructional staff who are on the council often dismiss/comments and suggestions
by non-instructional staff and parents/guardians
17. Many school districts in California have eliminated the class size reduction program
in grades k-3, which provided for a maximum of twenty students per class. Why would
districts eliminate a program designed to provide the best learning environment for
students? - Answers -State budget cuts have made the program too costly for many
districts to maintain
18. Special education has many rules and regulations that must be followed. To ignore
or misunderstand these rules could cost a district thousands of dollars in penalties. As
, an administrator, when are you required to attend an I.E.P and to sign the resulting
Education Plan? - Answers -You must always attend these meetings and sign the
required documentation
19. Proposition 13 in California dramatically changed how schools are funded. As a
result of this initiative, from which source do school districts now receive most of their
funding? - Answers -From state funds in the form of a Revenue Limit calculated for each
district
20. As principal you have observed the classroom of a first year teacher assigned to
fourth grade. In your observations you note that she is well liked by her students and
she exhibits concern and respect for them. Her classroom atmosphere is upbeat and
cheerful. You also note that she does not differentiate learning objectives and activities
for different students, relies heavily on the textbook and many students are consistently
uninvolved in the learning. When you meet with her in your observation conference,
what would be the best way to help this teacher? - Answers -Note her weakness and
develop with her a plan for professional development that focuses on effective
instructional strategies
1. When is a school required to provide information to parents in a language other than
English? - Answers -When at least 15% of the students speak a single language other
than English
2. When is a school required to form an English Learner Advisory Committee? -
Answers -When at least 21 English learners enrolled
3. Which document triggers the need to administer the California English Language
Development Test (CELDT) to a newly enrolled student? - Answers -The home
Language Survey
4. Which of the following is not a legitimate purpose of the CELDT? - Answers -To
monitor student progress in learning English on a semi-annual basis
5. Can parents opt to have their students exempted from taking the CELDT? - Answers
-No, parents may not "opt out" of the CELDT.
6. Which statement is NOT true about English Language Development (ELD)? -
Answers -English learners who have reached the Early Advanced level of English
proficiency on the CELDT are no longer required to receive regular ELD instruction
**They need to be re-designated** ← answer
21. Which of the following is the most crucial question to consider in using community
resources in the classroom? - Answers -Do the resources meet the needs of the
program?
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