CPACE TEST QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS
1. 1. In a time of reduced school funding, educational leaders can best
help en- sure that sufficient resources are available to achieve a
school's vision and goals for all student groups by emphasizing which of
the following approaches?
ANS using student performance or data and making those areas a priority in terms of resource
allocation
2. 2. 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
ANS-
instructional strategies used with students prior to their referral for special education.
3. 3. 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
1/
11
, prompting the staff to take which of the following additional actions?
ANS developing a plan for assessing student improvement during and following the instructional
changes.
4. 4. 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?
ANS using a variety of grouping strategies for activities
5. 5. In which of the following situations would peer coaching be the
most ap- propriate professional development strategy for a school
leader to use?
ANS Teachers have received training on a new instructional strategy and are ready to implement
it in their classrooms
6. 6. 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?
ANS Several members of the instructional statt who are on the council often dismiss/comments
and suggestions by non-instructional statt and parents/guardians
7. 7. A new leader takes over at a school that has been characterized
2/
11
ANSWERS
1. 1. In a time of reduced school funding, educational leaders can best
help en- sure that sufficient resources are available to achieve a
school's vision and goals for all student groups by emphasizing which of
the following approaches?
ANS using student performance or data and making those areas a priority in terms of resource
allocation
2. 2. 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
ANS-
instructional strategies used with students prior to their referral for special education.
3. 3. 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
1/
11
, prompting the staff to take which of the following additional actions?
ANS developing a plan for assessing student improvement during and following the instructional
changes.
4. 4. 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?
ANS using a variety of grouping strategies for activities
5. 5. In which of the following situations would peer coaching be the
most ap- propriate professional development strategy for a school
leader to use?
ANS Teachers have received training on a new instructional strategy and are ready to implement
it in their classrooms
6. 6. 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?
ANS Several members of the instructional statt who are on the council often dismiss/comments
and suggestions by non-instructional statt and parents/guardians
7. 7. A new leader takes over at a school that has been characterized
2/
11
