EAS EXAM PRACTICE QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
The staff at a high school has established a goal of promoting parent/guardian
involvement in their children's education. Which school initiative would best support this
goal?
A. Developing an outreach program to increase parent/guardian membership in the
school's parent-teacher-student organization.
B. Increasing the frequency of conferences between teachers and parents/guardians for
the purpose of monitoring students' academic achievement
C. Creating a program of recognition for parents/guardians who make significant
contributions to the school and to student learning.
D. Implementing a system for informing parents/guardians about the school's various
academic programs and soliciting their input into students' course selections. - Answers
-D. Implementing a system for informing parents/guardians about the school's various
academic programs and soliciting their input into students' course selections.
A student facing suspension for spray painting graffiti on several classroom doors.
According to due process, the student has which legal right in this situation?
A. To make a personal statement regarding the incident
B. To make reparations as an alternative to suspension.
C. To appeal the suspension to the local board of education.
D. To have written records of the incident sealed. - Answers -C. To appeal the
suspension to the local board of education
A middle school science teacher teaches five class periods per day. Each of the
teacher's classes includes students from diverse backgrounds, ELLs and students with
disabilities. The teacher's most important responsibility in this situation is to:
A. develop knowledge of all student's belief systems.
B. Ensure that all students with disabilities reach high levels of achievement.
C. Provide equitable learning opportunities for all students.
D. Prepare individualized learning plans for all students. - Answers -C. Provide
equitable learning opportunities for all students
The most important responsibility of educators who wish to becomes highly effective
teachers is to engage in which activity?
A. Networking with professionals in other schools.
B. Subscribing to a variety of professional journals.
C. Creating and maintaining a professional portfolio.
D. Pursuing continual professional growth and learning. - Answers -D. Pursuing
continual professional growth and learning.
An elementary school includes students from widely varied cultural and language
backgrounds. Student's parents/guardians have a right to expect which accommodation:
A. To be provided with access to an interpreter when attending school events.
, B. To have elements of their children's cultural backgrounds represented in the
classroom.
C. To receive information from the school and from teachers in their home language
where appropriate.
D. To have their children receive instruction with peers from similar cultural
backgrounds. - Answers -C. To receive information from the school and from teachers
in their home language where appropriate.
A middle school has established a homework hotline. In addition to class websites,
teachers record an outgoing message on the hotline each week about homework, etc.
Parents/guardians and students can access the hotline any time. Which statement
describes the primary benefit of this practice?
A. The hotline supports ongoing communication between school and home.
B. Students are able to complete assignments at their own pace.
C. The hotline communicates to students that they are accountable for their learning
D. Students are able to complete assignments when they are absent. - Answers -A.
The hotline supports ongoing communication between school and home.
An elementary school building leader makes a practice of standing outside during
student arrival and departure times, and also makes a point of being visible whenever
possible in the area that parent/s and guardians frequent. This practice is likely to
facilitate communication with parents/ guardians primarily by:
A. Demonstrating the building leader's interest in collaboration
B. Increasing the building leader's accessibility
C. Conveying the building leader's enthusiasm for teaching.
D. Illustrating the building leader's professionalism. - Answers -B. Increasing the
building leader's accessibility
Which practice best demonstrates a building leader's accommodation of
parent's/guardians' communication needs?
A. Arranging interpreters for parents/guardians during conferences and other
parent/guardian-teacher meetings.
B. Posting important school information on the school's website for parent's/guardians'
review
C. Identifying a classroom parent/guardian liaison to facilitate sharing of information
among parents/guardians
D. Providing written handouts of information conveyed verbally at parent/guardian
meetings. - Answers -A. Arranging interpreters for parents/guardians during
conferences and other parent/guardian-teacher meetings.
The principal and teachers in a middle school want to encourage all the student's P/G to
become involved in school decision-making. Which approach is likely to be the most
effective for this purpose?
A. Providing P/G with a copy of school improvement plans at the beginning of the
school year and a progress report at midyear.
The staff at a high school has established a goal of promoting parent/guardian
involvement in their children's education. Which school initiative would best support this
goal?
A. Developing an outreach program to increase parent/guardian membership in the
school's parent-teacher-student organization.
B. Increasing the frequency of conferences between teachers and parents/guardians for
the purpose of monitoring students' academic achievement
C. Creating a program of recognition for parents/guardians who make significant
contributions to the school and to student learning.
D. Implementing a system for informing parents/guardians about the school's various
academic programs and soliciting their input into students' course selections. - Answers
-D. Implementing a system for informing parents/guardians about the school's various
academic programs and soliciting their input into students' course selections.
A student facing suspension for spray painting graffiti on several classroom doors.
According to due process, the student has which legal right in this situation?
A. To make a personal statement regarding the incident
B. To make reparations as an alternative to suspension.
C. To appeal the suspension to the local board of education.
D. To have written records of the incident sealed. - Answers -C. To appeal the
suspension to the local board of education
A middle school science teacher teaches five class periods per day. Each of the
teacher's classes includes students from diverse backgrounds, ELLs and students with
disabilities. The teacher's most important responsibility in this situation is to:
A. develop knowledge of all student's belief systems.
B. Ensure that all students with disabilities reach high levels of achievement.
C. Provide equitable learning opportunities for all students.
D. Prepare individualized learning plans for all students. - Answers -C. Provide
equitable learning opportunities for all students
The most important responsibility of educators who wish to becomes highly effective
teachers is to engage in which activity?
A. Networking with professionals in other schools.
B. Subscribing to a variety of professional journals.
C. Creating and maintaining a professional portfolio.
D. Pursuing continual professional growth and learning. - Answers -D. Pursuing
continual professional growth and learning.
An elementary school includes students from widely varied cultural and language
backgrounds. Student's parents/guardians have a right to expect which accommodation:
A. To be provided with access to an interpreter when attending school events.
, B. To have elements of their children's cultural backgrounds represented in the
classroom.
C. To receive information from the school and from teachers in their home language
where appropriate.
D. To have their children receive instruction with peers from similar cultural
backgrounds. - Answers -C. To receive information from the school and from teachers
in their home language where appropriate.
A middle school has established a homework hotline. In addition to class websites,
teachers record an outgoing message on the hotline each week about homework, etc.
Parents/guardians and students can access the hotline any time. Which statement
describes the primary benefit of this practice?
A. The hotline supports ongoing communication between school and home.
B. Students are able to complete assignments at their own pace.
C. The hotline communicates to students that they are accountable for their learning
D. Students are able to complete assignments when they are absent. - Answers -A.
The hotline supports ongoing communication between school and home.
An elementary school building leader makes a practice of standing outside during
student arrival and departure times, and also makes a point of being visible whenever
possible in the area that parent/s and guardians frequent. This practice is likely to
facilitate communication with parents/ guardians primarily by:
A. Demonstrating the building leader's interest in collaboration
B. Increasing the building leader's accessibility
C. Conveying the building leader's enthusiasm for teaching.
D. Illustrating the building leader's professionalism. - Answers -B. Increasing the
building leader's accessibility
Which practice best demonstrates a building leader's accommodation of
parent's/guardians' communication needs?
A. Arranging interpreters for parents/guardians during conferences and other
parent/guardian-teacher meetings.
B. Posting important school information on the school's website for parent's/guardians'
review
C. Identifying a classroom parent/guardian liaison to facilitate sharing of information
among parents/guardians
D. Providing written handouts of information conveyed verbally at parent/guardian
meetings. - Answers -A. Arranging interpreters for parents/guardians during
conferences and other parent/guardian-teacher meetings.
The principal and teachers in a middle school want to encourage all the student's P/G to
become involved in school decision-making. Which approach is likely to be the most
effective for this purpose?
A. Providing P/G with a copy of school improvement plans at the beginning of the
school year and a progress report at midyear.
