In the early and mid 80s the up-scale school district of Shoreham-Wading River, New
York followed a strongly developmental education approach to education. Describe
what the district did and comment on how it might fit with NCLB requirements for
testing.
Initially, the renewal of the oft-criticized NCLB federal law was supported by the
nation’s governors, but they wanted states to have far more authority in carrying out its
mandates. Since the act repeatedly came under fire, the governors decried for such
things as its focus on testing and punishments to be reauthorized. Create an essay that
explains what states are currently doing as a result of the criticism.
Outline the various key factors in effective schools research and explain how they work
together to support effective education.
English / language arts standards can be presented in a list, but in fact they are not
necessarily distinct, but _________ in nature.
In general, curriculum leadership roles are assigned to both the school and the district,
but there are two categories within each area general, and
________________________.
While education is a ‘state rights” issue, there are two areas where there truly is federal
jurisdiction via the Office of Civil Rights. Identify the two areas and explain the
rationale.
Describe Glickman’s Developmental Supervision approach.
It is important to develop deep understanding in terms of both declarative knowledge
and ________________knowledge.
Instructional strategies increase the _________ capacity to learn and change the
emotional state of learners
It has been said a key to enriching curriculum is to involve students in real-life
problem-solving scenarios. Explain why this is a reasonable statement.
The strategy of thinking about thinking is called______________.
It is crucial for 21st century principals to ensure curriculum implementation. In an
essay, explain what steps a principal should take to do this.
In the technical model of course development once the sequence of objectives is
determined the curriculum specialist clusters the objectives
into_________________________.
There are theorists such as Eisner and Vallance who think who maintain that while
knowledge is important it must be understood that there are ____________ of knowing.
The Mastery Learning Model was first suggested by
_____________________________.
During a class discussion a student suggests the assassination of President John F.
Kennedy was a plot lead by President Richard Nixon because he did not win the
election. The teacher correctly probed to find out this information came from an internet
source entitled “What they don’t tell you about history.” Other students in the class are
curious, but the teacher reminds students of the rules in social studies. Construct an
essay in which you identify that skill was being ignored by the student and why that is
so.
Interstate School Leaders LicensureConsortium (ISLLC) and the Educational
Leadership Constituent Council (ELCC) provide ___________ for principals.
Write an essay indicating what reasons are frequently given for not collecting data for
analysis in terms of curriculum assessment.