Codebusters Test School Improvement 5

Question 1

Which leadership model distributes decision-making authority across teachers, teams, and instructional coaches rather than centralizing it with the principal?

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Distributed leadership

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Transactional leadership

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Authoritative leadership

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Laissez-faire leadership

Question 2

A school improvement team is using 'equity-focused' data analysis. This means they are MOST likely examining:

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Achievement and opportunity gaps disaggregated by student subgroup

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Average scores for the whole school only

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Building maintenance costs per student

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National rankings against private schools

Question 3

What does 'vertical alignment' of curriculum primarily ensure in a school improvement context?

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Skills and concepts build coherently from one grade to the next

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Teachers at each grade level teach the same lessons simultaneously

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Administration evaluates teachers once per year

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Test preparation materials match the state format

Question 4

A school implements 'co-teaching' as an improvement strategy to support students with IEPs in general education classrooms. The primary goal is to:

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Provide specialized support within an inclusive setting

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Reduce the number of special education staff

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Separate students by learning style

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Meet fire-safety occupancy requirements

Question 5

The Concerns-Based Adoption Model (CBAM) is used during school improvement to understand:

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Where individual staff members are in their readiness to adopt a new practice

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How to reduce the school's carbon footprint

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Which vendors offer the best curriculum pricing

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How to submit grant applications

Question 6

When evaluating whether a school improvement intervention 'worked,' using a comparison school or control group is important because it helps rule out:

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External factors that may have caused the improvement

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Teacher effort as a variable

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The influence of parent volunteers

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Budget changes made during the year

Question 7

A school's improvement team adopts 'improvement science' methodology. A core principle of this approach is:

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Learning fast by testing changes in small cycles before scaling

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Implementing all changes system-wide at the same time to maximize impact

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Relying exclusively on external consultants for solutions

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Avoiding data collection to reduce teacher burden