FTCE Professional Education Test Questions And 100%
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PLC Benefits - ANSWER -Promotes positive cultural change
-Leads to increased leadership
-Encourages change within schools and districts
-Supports adult learning theory
PLC's Focus on - ANSWER -Professional learning as well. setting goals. assessment.
data analysis. subject-area content. school safety.
School Advisory (SAC) - ANSWER Is a committee of persons that serve in an advisory
capacity to assist with development of the school by coming together through shared
goals of improving school site decision-making.
School Advisory (SAC) - ANSWER -Provide advice to principal regarding school
improvement
-Assist with development/revision of SIP
-Provide recommendations regarding budget/expenditures of school improvement fund
-51% or more of the members are family and community members and not employees of
the school district
-Principals are members of the SAC
Reflective Practitioners - ANSWER - Has time set aside for thinking about professional
practice, growth needs, students' needs
- Takes action upon focused professional practice
- Analyzes lessons that work or not
- Recognizes inherent differences in classes and does not treat all classes the same by
teaching exactly the same lesson.
,Types of Assessment - ANSWER -Traditional
-Alternative Assessment
Traditional Assessment - ANSWER -True/ false
-Multiple choice tests
-Essays
-Short-answer
Alternative Assessment - ANSWER -Portfolios
-Projects
Distinguishing Between Formative and Summative Assessment - ANSWER -Pretest
-Self-assessment
-Discussion board
-Interviews
Performance - ANSWER Measures quantity of knowledge and/or skill an individual has
learned-measurement to assess student learning in relation to a standard or norm.
Anecdotal Records - ANSWER Type of informal assessment; teacher records,
observations of student performance.
Analytic Scoring - ANSWER Type of rubric scoring that breaks the whole into categories
of criteria that are evaluated one at a time.
Assessment - ANSWER Tool for evaluating the effectiveness of changes in the
teaching-learning process.
,Authentic Assessment - ANSWER Evaluating by asking for the behavior that the learning
is intended to produced.
Benchmark Performance standards of student competence in a content area, actual
measurement of group performance against an established standard has met
established minimum standards of skills and knowledge and is thus eligible for
promotion, graduation, certification, or other official.
Constructive Response Questions Question that requires students to construct or
create something to answer the questions rather than choosing from a given list.
Criterion Referenced Test - ANSWER Student's progress toward mastery of a content
area.
Curriculum Alignment - ANSWER Degree to which a curriculum's scope and sequence
matches a testing programs evaluation measures.
Evaluation - ANSWER Quantitative and qualitative progress towards attainment goals.
High Stakes Testing - ANSWER Important consequences for students, teachers,
schools, or districts.
Holistic Method - ANSWER Assigning a single score based on an overall assessment of
performance rather than scoring or analyzing dimensions individually.
Item Analysis - ANSWER The process by which each item on a test is analyzed to
determine proportions of students selecting each answer.
Mastery Test - ANSWER Mastery of given skill
Mean - ANSWER Average
, Measurement - ANSWER Quantitative description of student learning and qualitative
description of student attitude.
Median - ANSWER The point on a scale that divides a group into two equal subgroups.
Metacognition - ANSWER Thinking about your thinking.
Norm - ANSWER Distribution of scores obtained from a normed group.
Norm Group - ANSWER A random group of students selected by a test developer to take
a test in order to provide a range of scores and establish the percentiles of performance
standards.
Norm Referenced Tests - ANSWER Groups performance is compared to that of another
norm group.
Objective Test - ANSWER Scoring procedure is completely specified, enabling
agreement among different scores.
Outcome - ANSWER Operationally defined educational goals.
Percentile - ANSWER Ranking scale extending from a low of 1 to high of 99, with median
score of 50. Rank indicating the percent of a reference or norm group obtaining scores
equal to or less than the test-taker's score.
Performance Based Assessment - ANSWER Assessment of performance.
Performance Criteria - ANSWER Student performance is judged.
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PLC Benefits - ANSWER -Promotes positive cultural change
-Leads to increased leadership
-Encourages change within schools and districts
-Supports adult learning theory
PLC's Focus on - ANSWER -Professional learning as well. setting goals. assessment.
data analysis. subject-area content. school safety.
School Advisory (SAC) - ANSWER Is a committee of persons that serve in an advisory
capacity to assist with development of the school by coming together through shared
goals of improving school site decision-making.
School Advisory (SAC) - ANSWER -Provide advice to principal regarding school
improvement
-Assist with development/revision of SIP
-Provide recommendations regarding budget/expenditures of school improvement fund
-51% or more of the members are family and community members and not employees of
the school district
-Principals are members of the SAC
Reflective Practitioners - ANSWER - Has time set aside for thinking about professional
practice, growth needs, students' needs
- Takes action upon focused professional practice
- Analyzes lessons that work or not
- Recognizes inherent differences in classes and does not treat all classes the same by
teaching exactly the same lesson.
,Types of Assessment - ANSWER -Traditional
-Alternative Assessment
Traditional Assessment - ANSWER -True/ false
-Multiple choice tests
-Essays
-Short-answer
Alternative Assessment - ANSWER -Portfolios
-Projects
Distinguishing Between Formative and Summative Assessment - ANSWER -Pretest
-Self-assessment
-Discussion board
-Interviews
Performance - ANSWER Measures quantity of knowledge and/or skill an individual has
learned-measurement to assess student learning in relation to a standard or norm.
Anecdotal Records - ANSWER Type of informal assessment; teacher records,
observations of student performance.
Analytic Scoring - ANSWER Type of rubric scoring that breaks the whole into categories
of criteria that are evaluated one at a time.
Assessment - ANSWER Tool for evaluating the effectiveness of changes in the
teaching-learning process.
,Authentic Assessment - ANSWER Evaluating by asking for the behavior that the learning
is intended to produced.
Benchmark Performance standards of student competence in a content area, actual
measurement of group performance against an established standard has met
established minimum standards of skills and knowledge and is thus eligible for
promotion, graduation, certification, or other official.
Constructive Response Questions Question that requires students to construct or
create something to answer the questions rather than choosing from a given list.
Criterion Referenced Test - ANSWER Student's progress toward mastery of a content
area.
Curriculum Alignment - ANSWER Degree to which a curriculum's scope and sequence
matches a testing programs evaluation measures.
Evaluation - ANSWER Quantitative and qualitative progress towards attainment goals.
High Stakes Testing - ANSWER Important consequences for students, teachers,
schools, or districts.
Holistic Method - ANSWER Assigning a single score based on an overall assessment of
performance rather than scoring or analyzing dimensions individually.
Item Analysis - ANSWER The process by which each item on a test is analyzed to
determine proportions of students selecting each answer.
Mastery Test - ANSWER Mastery of given skill
Mean - ANSWER Average
, Measurement - ANSWER Quantitative description of student learning and qualitative
description of student attitude.
Median - ANSWER The point on a scale that divides a group into two equal subgroups.
Metacognition - ANSWER Thinking about your thinking.
Norm - ANSWER Distribution of scores obtained from a normed group.
Norm Group - ANSWER A random group of students selected by a test developer to take
a test in order to provide a range of scores and establish the percentiles of performance
standards.
Norm Referenced Tests - ANSWER Groups performance is compared to that of another
norm group.
Objective Test - ANSWER Scoring procedure is completely specified, enabling
agreement among different scores.
Outcome - ANSWER Operationally defined educational goals.
Percentile - ANSWER Ranking scale extending from a low of 1 to high of 99, with median
score of 50. Rank indicating the percent of a reference or norm group obtaining scores
equal to or less than the test-taker's score.
Performance Based Assessment - ANSWER Assessment of performance.
Performance Criteria - ANSWER Student performance is judged.
