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1. How should school leaders and others analyze schooldata to inform the school vision?

a. Acrossgrade levels instead of across school years.

b. By subjectmatter rather than by student cohorts.

c. Byformative and summative assessment findings.

d. By teachers within grades instead ofacross levels.

2. Which of the following is accurate about the uses ofdata in goal-related activities?

a. Qualitativedata is not useful when setting goals aligned with school vision and mission.

b. Dataconnected to vision and mission enable monitoring progress for goals.

c. Onlyformative data is relevant to how schools allocate resources to meet theirgoals.

d. Formal data collection is not necessaryto assess family and community relations.

3. Of the following, which is an advantage of developing aschool vision collaboratively?

a. Visionsdeveloped through collaboration can be implemented far faster.

b. Visionsare clearer and more coherent when developed by collaboration.

c. Visionstake longer times in the process of development, slowing change.

d. Visions tend to be more appropriate totheir local school district contexts.

4. Which of the following is not true about thequalifications of teachers in public schools?

a. Teachersmust be fully-certified to teach in a public school.

b. Teachersmust be highly-qualified to teach in a public school.

c. Ateacher who moves states may have to demonstrate subject-matter competency inthe new state to teach.

d. Teachers in high-performing schools havemore qualifications than teachers in other public schools.

5. Which of the following statements is most accurateabout how school leaders align school policies and practices with federal,state, district, and local school system policies?

a. Statestandardized assessment instruments are based solely on standards developed bystates.

b. Individualschools directly apply state standards for developing their standardizedassessments.

c. Schoolsdirectly reflect system standards, and yet ultimately are also aligned withfederal policy.

d. Local school districts developstandardized assessments applying the federal standards directly.

6. Which of the following is true regarding how schoolleaders can foster equitable and inclusive educational practices?

a. The developmentof curriculum should solely be based on developmental appropriateness.

b. Schoolleaders should model respect for diversity and offer multiple means forcelebrating it.

c. Involving culturally diversecommunity stakeholders in school decisions is the responsibility of the schooldistrict.

d. Only school leaders are accountable toensure equity for every student in all school programs.

7. Which of the following is a primary benefit ofdistributed leadership?

a. Distributedleadership helps to maintain status quo, especially in high-performing schools.

b. Schoolleaders who practice distributive leadership are less stressed because they areable to delegate responsibilities.

c. Practicingdistributive leadership builds capacity in others and develops followers intoleaders.

d. Distributive leadership helps toidentify weak team members that need to be replaced.

8. Which of the following statements is not accurate aboutrequirements for integrating technology comprehensively into instruction tosupport school vision?

a. Successfulschool-wide implementation of educational technology is dependent on thetechnology selected, not school leadership.

b. Regardlessof the technology capabilities of school staff, training and professionaldevelopment are needed to successfully implement educational technologyschool-wide.

c. Schoolstructure and organization impact the success of adopting educational technology.

d. Schools must have the resources andsupport for implementing technology school-wide.

9. The National Education Association (NEA) Code of Ethicsprinciple of Commitment to the Student prohibits which of the followingactions?

a. Encouragingstudents to learn of various perspectives independently.

b. Reasonableefforts to safeguard students against harmful conditions.

c. Disclosingstudent information which is pertinent to student progress.

d. Disclosing student information if notlegally or professionally required.

10. Which of the following is a practice of a schoolleader that facilitates family involvement in education?

a. Hiringparent facilitators using state Title I and Smart Start funds.

b. Workingextended hours on campus.

c. Collaboratingwith parents who are already involved in school activities.

d. Sending an e-newsletter to parentsweekly.

11. Compared to majority rule and committees, what is amore salient characteristic of group consensus as a way of making collaborativeeducational decisions?

a. It ismore time-efficient than these other methods.

b. It canundermine commitment for minority voters.

c. It ismore thorough and hears all members voices.

d. It may make member time and effort notworth it.

12. Challenges to school leaders for promoting studentmental health include limited resources. Among such limitations, which is mostrelated to federal accountability mandates?

a. Ratiosof school counselors to students.

b. Schoolcounselor responsibility change.

c. Inadequatesupport staff development.

d. Districts mental health staff budgeting.

13. In public school districts, which personnel are notlikely to be directly supervised by the campus principal?

a. Busdrivers.

b. Custodians.

c. Volunteers.

d. Cafeteria workers.

14. To build a positive culture of learning and highexpectations, school leaders can guide teachers to identify instructionalactivities that are aligned to the curriculum and have been proven to beeffective. Which of the following is an indicator of effective implementationof instructional activities?

a. Differentiatedinstruction.

b. Increasedstudent attendance.

c. Flexiblestudent grouping.

d. Focused discussions and effectiveinteraction between students.