SLQ School Management and Operations 1 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: Which federal law governs the rights of students with disabilities and requires schools to provide a Free Appropriate Public Education (FAPE)?
- Title I of ESEA
- Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA)
- Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) (Correct answer)
- Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act
Correct answer: Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)
IDEA mandates that students with disabilities receive a Free Appropriate Public Education in the Least Restrictive Environment, supported by an Individualized Education Program (IEP).
Question 2: A school's master schedule should primarily be designed around which consideration?
- Teacher scheduling preferences
- Student learning needs and access to rigorous courses (Correct answer)
- Minimizing the number of teaching assignments
- Maximizing lunch period efficiency
Correct answer: Student learning needs and access to rigorous courses
The master schedule should be built to maximize student access to rigorous, grade-appropriate courses and interventions rather than around adult convenience.
Question 3: Which type of school budget allocates funding based on the specific needs of each school rather than a flat per-school amount?
- Line-item budgeting
- Zero-based budgeting
- Weighted student funding (Correct answer)
- Incremental budgeting
Correct answer: Weighted student funding
Weighted student funding allocates more money to schools with higher concentrations of high-need students, such as English learners or students in poverty.
Question 4: Under the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA), who holds the right to access a student's educational records?
- Any teacher who requests them
- Parents and eligible students (age 18+) (Correct answer)
- All school staff members
- The media if the student is involved in a public incident
Correct answer: Parents and eligible students (age 18+)
FERPA protects the privacy of student education records and grants parents (and students over 18) the right to access, review, and request corrections to those records.
Question 5: Which management practice involves tracking patterns of student attendance and using that data to identify and support chronically absent students?
- Response to Intervention
- Early warning systems (Correct answer)
- Positive Behavior Support
- Instructional rounds
Correct answer: Early warning systems
Early warning systems use attendance, behavior, and course performance data to identify students at risk before problems escalate.
Question 6: A principal is developing the school improvement plan. Which data source is MOST important to consult first?
- Teacher opinion surveys
- State assessment results and disaggregated student performance data (Correct answer)
- Prior year's school improvement plan
- National education trend reports
Correct answer: State assessment results and disaggregated student performance data
State assessment results disaggregated by subgroup provide the most direct evidence of which students are succeeding and which are not, making them the essential starting point.
SLQ School Management and Operations 1
Which federal law governs the rights of students with disabilities and requires schools to provide a Free Appropriate Public Education (FAPE)?