1. 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? - CORRECT ANSWER using student performance or data and making tho...
CPACE TEST QUESTIONS AND
QUALITY ANSWERS 2024/25
1. 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? - CORRECT ANSWER 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: - CORRECT ANSWER 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? - CORRECT ANSWER 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? - CORRECT ANSWER
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? - CORRECT ANSWER 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? - CORRECT ANSWER Several members of the
instructional staff who are on the council often dismiss/comments and suggestions by non-instructional
staff and parents/guardians
, 7. A new leader takes over at a school that has been characterized in recent years by very high teacher
turnover among probationary teachers, with many leaving voluntarily by the end of their probationary
period. The leader and the school site council wish to design a program of ' "enhanced support for
probationary teachers. Which of the following would be the most useful for the group to take in
designing this program? - CORRECT ANSWER conducting extensive exit interviews with probationary
teachers who have recently left
8. As part of a crisis response plan, educational leaders at a school have established a command and
control structure that identifies those individuals who are charged with directing the response to a crisis.
To maximize the effectiveness of this system, it would be most important to ensure that: - CORRECT
ANSWER responsibilities of each individual in the command and control structure are clearly defined in
advance for a variety of crisis situations.
9. In determining the resources the the district will need to provide during the next fiscal year for a
school's English program school's English Learner program, educational leaders should first: - CORRECT
ANSWER identify state and federal mandates for the program and the amount of categorical aid
provided for meeting those mandates.
10. Administrators find marijuana in a student's school locker. The student handbook indicates that the
consequences include a ten-day suspension from school. in accordance with the Goss v. Lopez decision
by the U.S. Supreme Court, school leaders are obligated to do which of the following before Imposing a
suspension? - CORRECT ANSWER arrange for an impartial hearing to listen to the student's side of the
story
11. The superintendent directs all the principals within a district to cut their non-personnel budget
proposals by 15% within 48 hours. The middle school principal built her original budget through a
collaborative process with her entire staff but she realizes that if she cuts capital equipment by 70% she
can achieve the over-all budget reduction directed by the superintendent. What would be the principal's
best course of action to comply with the superintendent's directive? - CORRECT ANSWER Convene a
meeting of the school leadership team to solicit staff input before making any cuts.
12. Sexual harassment has become a significant issue in schools. Students, teachers and administrators
have all been involved. Incidents must be identified and handled swiftly and lawfully. But determining
what constitutes sexual harassment is not always easy. Which of the following behaviors would not be
considered sexual harassment? - CORRECT ANSWER On one occasion a first grade student kisses
another first grade student on the cheek
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