CPACE Test Questions with Correct Answers

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• 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

• 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.

• 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 .

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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 1 / 2

take in designing this program? - Correct Answer conducting extensive exit interviews with probationary teachers who have recently left

• 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.

• 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.

• 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

• 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.

• 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

• A high school student posts comments on his Facebook page that belittle his principal. The

principal finds out about these comments and is outraged. He wants the student punished and the page shut down. Which of the following actions by the principal is most likely to resolve this issue? - Correct Answer Meet with the student and parents to determine the cause of the student's hostility toward the principal and to request the comments to be removed.

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