CPACE ACTUAL FINALS QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔A high school principal is contemplating changing her high school's current schedule
of daily class periods of 45 minutes each to alternating blocks of 90 minutes. According
to research, what impact would a change to block scheduling have on teacher behavior
and, in turn, student learning?
A. Teachers will have more time to lecture and the students will learn more content.
B. Student achievement will decline because they will miss more when they are absent.
C. Teachers will vary their teaching methods and students will be more engaged.
D. Teachers will have more time for planning and students will have more difficult work.
- ✔✔C. Teachers will vary their teaching methods and students will be more engaged.
✔✔Of the following descriptions, which one best describes backward planning?
A. creating district-wide goals to help a district achieve desired results in many areas
B. identifying the content that needs to be mastered, then designing assessments and
activities to support student learning
C. disaggregating student data to assess needs, inform and help design future lessons
D. developing activities, lessons, and assessments for specific content - ✔✔B.
identifying the content that needs to be mastered, then designing assessments and
activities to support student learning
✔✔The school site council at a low performing high school is considering implementing
a character education program as a way to address students' lack of confidence in their
,own abilities to achieve and be successful. All of the following statements about the
impact of character education are supported by research EXCEPT:
A. It reduces risky behaviors such as drug and alcohol abuse.
B. It improves academic achievement.
C. It results in students adopting the same core values.
D. It sharpens moral reasoning and problem-solving skills. - ✔✔C. It results in students
adopting the same core values.
✔✔Specialized instructional support personnel (SISP) are a group of professionals that
that have a broad set of responsibilities in schools. They provide a wide range of
school-based prevention and intervention services that address barriers to educational
success, ensure positive conditions for learning, and help all students achieve
academically. Which of the following groups listed below are considered SISPs?
I. School Counselors, Psychologists, and Social Workers
II. School Nurses, Speech Pathologists, and Audiologists
III. Art Therapists, Music Therapists, and Dance/Movement Therapists
IV. Occupational Therapists, Physical Therapists, and Behavior Therapists
A. Only I
B. I and II
C. III and IV
D. I, II, III and IV - ✔✔D. I, II, III and IV
✔✔What step in the Change-Model Process involves an organization deciding whether
or not to institutionalize an innovation?
A. Initiation
B. Implementation
C. Continuation
D. Outcome - ✔✔C. Continuation
✔✔Karen, a new middle school principal, reviews the student data to prepare for the
upcoming year. She notices that the number of English Language Learners (ELs) has
experienced a dramatic increase. In an attempt to support her staff in teaching this
changing population, Karen offers staff development opportunities to visit other schools
, with similar demographics and learn new strategies for teaching ELs. When she offers
these options she receives feedback along the lines of, "What we're doing works for us.
Thanks for the opportunity, but we're fine." What might be the reason for the staff's
apparent resistance?
A. The purpose of the staff development has not been made clear.
B. The present situation seems satisfactory.
C. There is excessive work pressure involved.
D. Karen's appeal is based on her own personal agenda. - ✔✔B. The present situation
seems satisfactory.
✔✔Conducting a needs analysis is a way for schools to identify their strengths and
weaknesses. All of the following are reliable sources of information/data EXCEPT:
A. The standardized test scores for the last 3 years.
B. The result of a community perception survey.
C. The complaints most often reported to the principal.
D. Exit interviews with graduates of the school. - ✔✔C. The complaints most often
reported to the principal.
✔✔A(n) __________ is anyone who is invested in the success of a school/school
system.
A. stakeholder
B. community advocate
C. constituent
D. administrator - ✔✔A. stakeholder
✔✔A school instructional coach uses the results for the state-mandated writing test to
evaluate the effectiveness of a new method for teaching writing. To best ensure that the
new method is aligned with state standards, a more in-depth analysis of which of the
following should occur?
A. The current year of norm-referenced assessments for language arts.
B. Multiple years of results of students who were taught writing using the former
method.
ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔A high school principal is contemplating changing her high school's current schedule
of daily class periods of 45 minutes each to alternating blocks of 90 minutes. According
to research, what impact would a change to block scheduling have on teacher behavior
and, in turn, student learning?
A. Teachers will have more time to lecture and the students will learn more content.
B. Student achievement will decline because they will miss more when they are absent.
C. Teachers will vary their teaching methods and students will be more engaged.
D. Teachers will have more time for planning and students will have more difficult work.
- ✔✔C. Teachers will vary their teaching methods and students will be more engaged.
✔✔Of the following descriptions, which one best describes backward planning?
A. creating district-wide goals to help a district achieve desired results in many areas
B. identifying the content that needs to be mastered, then designing assessments and
activities to support student learning
C. disaggregating student data to assess needs, inform and help design future lessons
D. developing activities, lessons, and assessments for specific content - ✔✔B.
identifying the content that needs to be mastered, then designing assessments and
activities to support student learning
✔✔The school site council at a low performing high school is considering implementing
a character education program as a way to address students' lack of confidence in their
,own abilities to achieve and be successful. All of the following statements about the
impact of character education are supported by research EXCEPT:
A. It reduces risky behaviors such as drug and alcohol abuse.
B. It improves academic achievement.
C. It results in students adopting the same core values.
D. It sharpens moral reasoning and problem-solving skills. - ✔✔C. It results in students
adopting the same core values.
✔✔Specialized instructional support personnel (SISP) are a group of professionals that
that have a broad set of responsibilities in schools. They provide a wide range of
school-based prevention and intervention services that address barriers to educational
success, ensure positive conditions for learning, and help all students achieve
academically. Which of the following groups listed below are considered SISPs?
I. School Counselors, Psychologists, and Social Workers
II. School Nurses, Speech Pathologists, and Audiologists
III. Art Therapists, Music Therapists, and Dance/Movement Therapists
IV. Occupational Therapists, Physical Therapists, and Behavior Therapists
A. Only I
B. I and II
C. III and IV
D. I, II, III and IV - ✔✔D. I, II, III and IV
✔✔What step in the Change-Model Process involves an organization deciding whether
or not to institutionalize an innovation?
A. Initiation
B. Implementation
C. Continuation
D. Outcome - ✔✔C. Continuation
✔✔Karen, a new middle school principal, reviews the student data to prepare for the
upcoming year. She notices that the number of English Language Learners (ELs) has
experienced a dramatic increase. In an attempt to support her staff in teaching this
changing population, Karen offers staff development opportunities to visit other schools
, with similar demographics and learn new strategies for teaching ELs. When she offers
these options she receives feedback along the lines of, "What we're doing works for us.
Thanks for the opportunity, but we're fine." What might be the reason for the staff's
apparent resistance?
A. The purpose of the staff development has not been made clear.
B. The present situation seems satisfactory.
C. There is excessive work pressure involved.
D. Karen's appeal is based on her own personal agenda. - ✔✔B. The present situation
seems satisfactory.
✔✔Conducting a needs analysis is a way for schools to identify their strengths and
weaknesses. All of the following are reliable sources of information/data EXCEPT:
A. The standardized test scores for the last 3 years.
B. The result of a community perception survey.
C. The complaints most often reported to the principal.
D. Exit interviews with graduates of the school. - ✔✔C. The complaints most often
reported to the principal.
✔✔A(n) __________ is anyone who is invested in the success of a school/school
system.
A. stakeholder
B. community advocate
C. constituent
D. administrator - ✔✔A. stakeholder
✔✔A school instructional coach uses the results for the state-mandated writing test to
evaluate the effectiveness of a new method for teaching writing. To best ensure that the
new method is aligned with state standards, a more in-depth analysis of which of the
following should occur?
A. The current year of norm-referenced assessments for language arts.
B. Multiple years of results of students who were taught writing using the former
method.
