GCPS Professional Knowledge 3

Question 1

A GCPS teacher is differentiating instruction in a mixed-ability classroom. Which strategy targets differentiation by PROCESS?

Accepted Answer

Offering students tiered activities that build toward the same learning goal using varied levels of support

Answer

Tiered activities differentiate the process — the way students make sense of content — while keeping the same essential learning goal.

Question 2

Which statement about Georgia's Teacher Keys Effectiveness System (TKES) is accurate?

Accepted Answer

TKES uses a combination of classroom observations, professional growth goals, and student growth data

Answer

TKES is a comprehensive evaluation system that incorporates multiple measures of teacher effectiveness, not just test scores.

Question 3

A GCPS teacher wants to promote higher-order thinking as described by Bloom's Taxonomy. Which task best represents the EVALUATE level?

Accepted Answer

Students critique two historians' interpretations of the Civil War's primary cause using textual evidence

Answer

Evaluating requires students to make judgments based on criteria and evidence, which critiquing historical interpretations demonstrates.

Question 4

When a GCPS teacher uses data from the Georgia Milestones Assessment System, what is the most instructionally productive use of that data?

Accepted Answer

Identifying skill gaps by standard to inform targeted reteaching and intervention

Answer

Analyzing results by standard helps teachers identify which concepts need reteaching and which students need additional support.

Question 5

Which scenario represents an appropriate application of Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act in a GCPS school?

Accepted Answer

Providing a student with ADHD extended time on tests as a documented accommodation

Answer

Section 504 provides accommodations that level the playing field for students with disabilities without changing the curriculum itself.

(GCPS) Gwinnett County Public Schools – Teacher Certification Practice Test