CPACE MAIN EXAM SET 2025/2026 QUESTIONS AND
SOLUTIONS GRADED A+ TIP
✔✔Domain I - ✔✔how to learn about and address the diverse expectations, needs,
goals, and aspirations of family and community groups and incorporate this knowledge
as a basis for decision making
✔✔Domain I - ✔✔how to examine and respond to equity issues related to race,
diversity, and access using inclusive practices
✔✔Domain I - ✔✔principles and guidelines for acting fairly, responsibly, ethically, and
with integrity in educational contexts
✔✔Domain I - ✔✔how to communicate about, model, and hold oneself and others
accountable for exhibiting personal and professional ethics, integrity, justice and
fairness
✔✔Domain I - ✔✔how to use the influence and power inherent in a leadership position
to enhance the educational program, promote learning for all student groups, and make
fair and appropriate decisions
✔✔Domain II - ✔✔how to shape a positive school culture in which high expectations are
the norm for all students and staff
✔✔Domain II - ✔✔strategies for creating a positive, safe, and supportive learning
environment for all student groups by promoting equity and respect among all members
of the school community
✔✔Domain II - ✔✔relationships between student behavior management systems and
student success
✔✔Domain II - ✔✔how to develop and implement positive and equitable behavior
management systems that promote and support a collaborative, positive culture of
learning
✔✔Domain II - ✔✔standards-based curricula and how to work collaboratively to
integrate and articulate programs throughout the grades
✔✔Domain II - ✔✔how to establish a culture of individual and accountability among
students, teachers, and other staff by developing and implementing an accountability
system grounded in standards-based teaching and learning
, ✔✔Domain II - ✔✔how to make evidence-based decisions regarding instructional
improvement, including changes in practice, by analyzing, evaluating, and using various
types of data to engage staff in advancing instructional effectiveness
✔✔Domain II - ✔✔how to improve the academic performance of all student groups by
using multiple assessments to continuously evaluate learning
✔✔Domain II - ✔✔principles of educational equity and how to provide equitable access
to the school, the curriculum, and available programmatic supports to all groups of
students and their parents/guardians
✔✔Domain II - ✔✔how to incorporate all types of diversity into the curriculum and
educational activities in ways that are appropriate and that enhance teaching and
learning
✔✔Domain II - ✔✔discriminatory practices in education and how to identify, analyze,
minimize, and eliminate potential personal and institutional bias
✔✔Domain II - ✔✔skills and strategies for engaging all parents/guardians in the
instructional program and in behavior management systems in ways that support high
expectations
✔✔Domain II - ✔✔theories, principles, and concepts related to student learning and
development and best-practice applications in the school setting
✔✔Domain II - ✔✔effective, research-based curriculum, instruction, and assessment
and how to use this knowledge to plan, organize, and supervise curriculum, instruction,
and assessment to meet California content standards
✔✔Domain II - ✔✔classroom structures, schedules, instructional materials, and
grouping practices that support teaching and learning goals and that facilitate active
learning and promote student reflection and inquiry
✔✔Domain II - ✔✔how to create a dynamic learning environment that appropriately
integrates technology to facilitate student learning, creativity and collaboration
✔✔Domain II - ✔✔how student diversity influences teaching and learning and how to
use research-based strategies to maximize achievement for English Learners, students
with disabilities, and all other student groups
✔✔Domain II - ✔✔policies and practices for determining student learning needs,
placing students in appropriate learning contexts, and ensuring full access to the
curriculum for all students
SOLUTIONS GRADED A+ TIP
✔✔Domain I - ✔✔how to learn about and address the diverse expectations, needs,
goals, and aspirations of family and community groups and incorporate this knowledge
as a basis for decision making
✔✔Domain I - ✔✔how to examine and respond to equity issues related to race,
diversity, and access using inclusive practices
✔✔Domain I - ✔✔principles and guidelines for acting fairly, responsibly, ethically, and
with integrity in educational contexts
✔✔Domain I - ✔✔how to communicate about, model, and hold oneself and others
accountable for exhibiting personal and professional ethics, integrity, justice and
fairness
✔✔Domain I - ✔✔how to use the influence and power inherent in a leadership position
to enhance the educational program, promote learning for all student groups, and make
fair and appropriate decisions
✔✔Domain II - ✔✔how to shape a positive school culture in which high expectations are
the norm for all students and staff
✔✔Domain II - ✔✔strategies for creating a positive, safe, and supportive learning
environment for all student groups by promoting equity and respect among all members
of the school community
✔✔Domain II - ✔✔relationships between student behavior management systems and
student success
✔✔Domain II - ✔✔how to develop and implement positive and equitable behavior
management systems that promote and support a collaborative, positive culture of
learning
✔✔Domain II - ✔✔standards-based curricula and how to work collaboratively to
integrate and articulate programs throughout the grades
✔✔Domain II - ✔✔how to establish a culture of individual and accountability among
students, teachers, and other staff by developing and implementing an accountability
system grounded in standards-based teaching and learning
, ✔✔Domain II - ✔✔how to make evidence-based decisions regarding instructional
improvement, including changes in practice, by analyzing, evaluating, and using various
types of data to engage staff in advancing instructional effectiveness
✔✔Domain II - ✔✔how to improve the academic performance of all student groups by
using multiple assessments to continuously evaluate learning
✔✔Domain II - ✔✔principles of educational equity and how to provide equitable access
to the school, the curriculum, and available programmatic supports to all groups of
students and their parents/guardians
✔✔Domain II - ✔✔how to incorporate all types of diversity into the curriculum and
educational activities in ways that are appropriate and that enhance teaching and
learning
✔✔Domain II - ✔✔discriminatory practices in education and how to identify, analyze,
minimize, and eliminate potential personal and institutional bias
✔✔Domain II - ✔✔skills and strategies for engaging all parents/guardians in the
instructional program and in behavior management systems in ways that support high
expectations
✔✔Domain II - ✔✔theories, principles, and concepts related to student learning and
development and best-practice applications in the school setting
✔✔Domain II - ✔✔effective, research-based curriculum, instruction, and assessment
and how to use this knowledge to plan, organize, and supervise curriculum, instruction,
and assessment to meet California content standards
✔✔Domain II - ✔✔classroom structures, schedules, instructional materials, and
grouping practices that support teaching and learning goals and that facilitate active
learning and promote student reflection and inquiry
✔✔Domain II - ✔✔how to create a dynamic learning environment that appropriately
integrates technology to facilitate student learning, creativity and collaboration
✔✔Domain II - ✔✔how student diversity influences teaching and learning and how to
use research-based strategies to maximize achievement for English Learners, students
with disabilities, and all other student groups
✔✔Domain II - ✔✔policies and practices for determining student learning needs,
placing students in appropriate learning contexts, and ensuring full access to the
curriculum for all students
