CPACE Practice Test 1 Questions and
Answers
1. What is the Kindergarten Readiness Act of 2010?
ANS An amendment to the California Education Code that changed the required birthday for
admission to kindergarten and first grade and established a transitional
2. What is the most important question for a school administrator to ask
when considering the adoption of a new discipline policy?
ANS How does the discipline policy impact student achievement?
3. Listed above are the elements of the SMART format—a widely
used frame- work for developing goals. Which of these elements
provide(s) a way for schools to easily gauge progress toward their
vision?
ANS All parts
4. The has the authority to adopt policies in any
given school district.
ANS The district Board of Education
5. is a form of bias where the school administrator has
a preferred alternative and as a result only searches for
information that supports this choice.
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,ANS Bolstering the alternative
6. If team building is a principal goal, which of the following should
he focus on first?
ANS Creating a shared vision for the department with tangible goals and behavioral norms.
7. In Everson v. Board of Education the Supreme
court held that public tax money could be used to transport
students to religious schools on the basis of the .
ANS Child Benefit Theory
8. The "Parent Empowerment" law (Article 3 of SBX54) allows parents
to "trig- ger" change in their child's school. If the majority of parents
at a school sign a petition they will be given the option of some school
reforms except
ANS
They may not obtain funding to home-school their child.
9. Leading and Learning by Walking Around (LLBWA) is a strategy
that involves using short time segments to get out of the office and
get a feel for what is going on in a school. What is one benefit of
using this method to assess the culture and climate of a school?
ANS It provides an opportunity for holistic observation of school culture and climate.
10. A(n) is an ideal way that a school can
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, communicate behavioral norms to students by clearly explaining
codes of conduct, student rights and responsibilities, unacceptable
behavior, and procedures for due process and appeals.
ANS Student Handbook
11. Classroom management is essential to learning. All of the
following support teachers with managing their classrooms EXCEPT
ANS
Extinguishing negative behaviors through punishment
12. is the step in the clinical supervision process
where the teacher takes ownership of the process and decides what
should be observed.-
ANS The Pre-observation Conference
13. Of the following, the best argument for implementing the
Common Core State Standards in place of the California Content
Standards is that
ANS Common Core State Standards foster 21st Century Skills that provide for lifetime student
success.
14. The 1997
reauthorization of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
(IDEA) introduced important changes in the provision of special
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Answers
1. What is the Kindergarten Readiness Act of 2010?
ANS An amendment to the California Education Code that changed the required birthday for
admission to kindergarten and first grade and established a transitional
2. What is the most important question for a school administrator to ask
when considering the adoption of a new discipline policy?
ANS How does the discipline policy impact student achievement?
3. Listed above are the elements of the SMART format—a widely
used frame- work for developing goals. Which of these elements
provide(s) a way for schools to easily gauge progress toward their
vision?
ANS All parts
4. The has the authority to adopt policies in any
given school district.
ANS The district Board of Education
5. is a form of bias where the school administrator has
a preferred alternative and as a result only searches for
information that supports this choice.
1/
16
,ANS Bolstering the alternative
6. If team building is a principal goal, which of the following should
he focus on first?
ANS Creating a shared vision for the department with tangible goals and behavioral norms.
7. In Everson v. Board of Education the Supreme
court held that public tax money could be used to transport
students to religious schools on the basis of the .
ANS Child Benefit Theory
8. The "Parent Empowerment" law (Article 3 of SBX54) allows parents
to "trig- ger" change in their child's school. If the majority of parents
at a school sign a petition they will be given the option of some school
reforms except
ANS
They may not obtain funding to home-school their child.
9. Leading and Learning by Walking Around (LLBWA) is a strategy
that involves using short time segments to get out of the office and
get a feel for what is going on in a school. What is one benefit of
using this method to assess the culture and climate of a school?
ANS It provides an opportunity for holistic observation of school culture and climate.
10. A(n) is an ideal way that a school can
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16
, communicate behavioral norms to students by clearly explaining
codes of conduct, student rights and responsibilities, unacceptable
behavior, and procedures for due process and appeals.
ANS Student Handbook
11. Classroom management is essential to learning. All of the
following support teachers with managing their classrooms EXCEPT
ANS
Extinguishing negative behaviors through punishment
12. is the step in the clinical supervision process
where the teacher takes ownership of the process and decides what
should be observed.-
ANS The Pre-observation Conference
13. Of the following, the best argument for implementing the
Common Core State Standards in place of the California Content
Standards is that
ANS Common Core State Standards foster 21st Century Skills that provide for lifetime student
success.
14. The 1997
reauthorization of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
(IDEA) introduced important changes in the provision of special
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