Piaget talked about psychological developmental stages based on approximate
chronological time-spans. The age-range between 7 and 11 is called:
a. Preoperational
b. Sensorimotor
c. Concrete operational
d. Formal operational
True or False Curriculum-referenced tests should not focus only on mastery elements;
organic elements should be tested..
a. true
b. false
True or False. Glatthorn’s four curriculum categories do not hold up well today.
a. true
b. false
True or False. All states allow charter schools.
a. true
b. false
Once the curriculum-based tests are completed, the next step for the group is:
A. Check validity of assessment
B. Determining how many tests would be administered
C. Determining what publisher would be appropriate
D. Determining the types of tests to construct
A recent study of schools with improving academic performance indicated:
A. Most schools had the principal for at least five years
B. Principals were intuitive and rarely needed data
C. Principals from less successful tended to rely on data
D. Principals from successful schools collaborated with teachers to determine learning
activities.
Which of the following describes some characteristics of Independent Thinking?
A. Addressing subsets of related questions
B. Students posing questions for themselves
C. Participating in seminars with peers
D. Using both concepts A and B
True or False. The focus on annual yearly progress, narrow standards, and NCLB’s
political grip on education reflects a shared vision about the future.
a. True
b. False
When a school district decides to improve a field of study it is usually concerned with
A. Electives
B. One subject at a grade level
C. One subject at multiple grade levels
D. All subjects at a grade level
True or False Principals should be responsible for overseeing project management,
seeking answers to Have all necessary instructional materials been provided, and are
correlation charts accurate?
a. True
b. False
The community-based learning model includes:
A. Service-learning
B. Community determining curriculum
C. Theoretical learning
D. Teaching in community areas rather than classrooms
One way of evaluating new curriculum centers on the teachers’ implementation. Which
of the statements below would not be appropriate in this approach?
A. Facilitate professional discussions between supervisors and teachers.
B. Stressing the role of the project in identifying good teachers.
C. Submission of the yearly planning matrix to the principal
D. Submission and discussion of unit plans
True or False. Once a checklist is issued to determine existing responsibilities it is not
appropriate to make changes.
a. True
b. False
In the 90s there were many significant contributors to affecting curricula change. The
one who exerted the most influence on gifted education was
a. Ralph Tyler
b. Joseph Renzulli
c. Robert Marzano
d. Elliot Eisner
According to Slater (2010) before implementing professional learning
communities (PLCs) in a school, which of the following questions does not belong
among those that should be answered?
A. What are the essential components?
B. What is the greatest barrier to implementing?
C. How will the principal ensure the time is used appropriately?
D. What is the building principal’s role in the PLC concept?
True or False. A typical weakness of self-paced learning programs is that its adaptation
is limited to time rather than content or level of instructional challenge.
a. true
b. false
A major function of the curriculum council is to:
A. Determine graduation requirements
B. Determine membership on curriculum task forces
C. Develop a sequence and review cycle for district-wide curriculum
D. Determine the process for selecting instructional material
The standards designed by the International Reading Association for Reading
Professional includes all but which of the following?
A. Candidates understand the theoretical and evidence-based foundations of reading
and writing processes and instruction.
B. Candidates create and engage their students in literacy practices that develop
awareness, understanding, respect, and a valuing of differences in our society.
C. Candidates create assessments that provide both formative and summative
information.
D. Candidates create a literature environment that fosters readings and writing.
True or False. In many low-performing schools the most common instruction develops
declarative knowledge.
a. True
b. False
Life Sciences recommendations include
A. Structures and processes
B. space
C. genetic engineering
D. mechanical engineering
True or False ” Web-based assessments cannot provide quick and accurate measures
that can be aligned with state and/or national standards.
a. True
b. False
Below are four questions, which one does not belong with the other three?
A. What materials and resources are needed?
B. What enabling activities will lead to the needed knowledge and skills?
C. What are the essential questions?
D. Is the overall design coherent and effective?
True or False. Cognitive demands are rising, but are consistent.
a. True
b. False
In value added assessment:
A. You can determine how much a child learns in a year
B. Each spring students take a norm-referenced test
C. You can tell the value of each teacher
D. Each teacher receives a report card that becomes a public document
True or False. Basic learnings are those essential for every student.
a. true
b. false
The key to providing children most in need of quality education is:
A. New materials
B. More cooperative learning
C. Quality teachers
D. Better curriculum
In determining the time allocation for topics within a curriculum
A. It is done at the district level
B. It may be done at the district or school level
C. It always involves recommendations from experts
D. It is done by the task force
True or False. High quality lessons involve students and try to build on previous
knowledge.
a. True
b. False
True or False. According to Kohn: “Any responsible conversation about assessment
must attend to the quality of the curriculum.”
a. True
b. False
Response to Intervention was designed to do all but the following:
A. General education initiative
B. New way to diagnose learning disabilities
C. Occurs primarily in the resource room
D. Reduces the number of referrals
In analyzing the Glatthorn’s Curriculum-Development Process the groups represented in
the process include:
a. Teachers
b. Teachers and administrators
c. Teachers, administrators, and community members
d. Teachers, administrators, community members, and students
It is essential that the direction for the technology initiative be focused on
___________________________.
Baron and Boschee stress that “we are encountering ___________ changes in the way
we view and conduct assessment.
Explain in detail how a developed curriculum can be assessed and evaluated for
effectiveness using Bradley’s outline.
Differentiate between long range planning and planned change as used in evaluating the
effectiveness of curriculum change.
The new vision of education promises multimedia convergent learning, construction
and discovery, student centeredness, exploration, learning anywhere ” anytime,
motivated learned, and teacher as facilitator. Please create a written picture of what this
school would look like, sound like and feel like for students as well as parameters for
learning in this school.
Attempts to ________________ education in the US go back to colonial times.
Describe some of the academic benefits of technology.
Describe the various aspects of building the knowledge base. What considerations
should be included for students, for teachers, the research, and course territory?
Describe the evolution of arts education over the last 60 years.
State curriculum guidelines specify state-approved lists of basic texts that restrict the
choice of _____________ to a relatively small number.
For Identifying Specific Thinking Skills, one thinking skill is locating and evaluating
sources. How might you teach students to locate and evaluate sources on the Internet?
In evaluating curriculum why is it very important to identify the issues before going
into detail with the evaluation?
In evaluating the writing curriculum why is it important to evaluate the scope and
sequence of level objectives? Remember this is an essay, not a list.
Describe the Dialogue technique.
Targets within Common Core standards set the ______________.
Differentiate between the concepts of vouchers and charter schools as used during the
Bush administration.
Identify the four characteristics that every member of a curriculum development team
should have.
Assessing Constituent satisfaction is important to the curriculum process. Who are the
constituents?