School Quality Reports
Understanding School Culture
High Stakes Testing
Inquiry
School Safety
100
This city agency releases the Quality Reports.
What is the D.O.E.
100
Two main components of culture as defined by Coro.
What is: Values/Beliefs and Practices/Behaviors
100
One way that a students learning is assessed at school?
What is Exams, Presentations, Observations, Group Work
100
3 types of ineffective questions.
What is Double-Barreled Closed Ended, Comment Based, and Biased
100
An act implemented on July 1, 2012 that protects against all forms of harassment.
What is the Dignity for All Act?
200
A document filled out by students, parents and teachers.
What is the School Survey.
200
Two of the five factors identified in the Five Factors and a Question assessment that affect the culture of an institution.
What is Purpose, Design, Assets, Dynamics, Environment
200
An example of a Standardized Assessment?
What is SAT, Regents, ACT
200
3 types of effective questions. For Example: Singular
What is Open-Ended, Neutral, and Direct.
200
A theory that Nationwide, schools' reliance on over disciplinary policies are criminating children.
What is the School to Prison Pipeline?
300
Name one of the documents the D.O.E releases that discuss the quality of a school?
What is: School Quality Snapshot, School Quality Guide, School Quality Report
300
An example of a cultural practice that we do at Exploring Leadership.
What is: Check in, one word whip, energizers, team builders, standing up when speaking
300
An example of a Performance Based Assessment?
What is Portfolio, Masteries, Hand-on/Real task work, Presentations, Performances
300
One reason we don’t use why question on an interview.
What is: Most why questions seek either a cause or motivation. Most why question are not always reliable.
300
Two reasons a school would be placed on an impact list.
What is: Safer environments for students to learn is needed Consistently low testing scores High neighborhood crime rate
400
List 3 of the 8 factors in the Framework for Great Schools.
What is: Student Achievement, Supportive Environments, Rigorous Instruction, Collaborative Teachers, Effective School Leadership, Strong Family-Community Ties, Trust
400
One of the two “Big Questions” in the Five Factor Assessment Answers may vary from:
What is: 1. What is the most pressing or important issue affecting your school community? 2. In what ways, if any, can students and staff work to address this issue together?
400
One benefit and one limitation of High Stakes Testing.
What is: Benefits Away to hold large number of schools and individuals accountable A way to measure and compare “student achievement” in a large system Can prevent students from “slipping through the cracks” can highlight “achievement gap” can inform instruction – areas that need more attention requires relatively few resources to administer Limitations: do not necessarily measure a student’s knowledge, skills, or abilities – results could lead to inaccurate inferences about a student does not allow for individual expression of learning can narrow instruction – “teaching to the test” can increase student holdover rates to high levels without providing solutions for helping those students progress can create high levels of student and teacher anxiety punishes students for what may be a failure of the “system”
400
The difference between inference and assumptions. Give an example for each.
What is: Inference is drawn from facts and assumption is a statement accepted or supposed true without proof or demonstration
400
Name one of the aspects that the D.O.E identifies as creating a "Positive School Climate" and give an example.
What is Social Environment (Interpersonal relationships, Respect for Diversity, Emotional Safety, Student Engagement, School & Family Collaboration, Community Partnerships) Physical Environment (Building Conditions, Physical Safety, School Wide Protocols, Classroom Environment), Behavioral Expectations and Supports (Physical & Mental Well Being, Prevention & Intervention Services)
500
Describe how you would assess a student's success if it was up to you.
What is: Fully expressed thought and examples.
500
DOUBLE JEOPARDY: What does WIGO stand for? Why must you keep this in mind? And why must you use it?
What is: What’s going on? To be aware of the surroundings and keep track on what’s happening.
500
Name the new state wide policy that has changed the guidelines for how many and which Regents exams students must take to graduate.
What is the 4+1 Policy.
500
The reason is it important to stay on the bottom of the ladder.
What is to avoid making assumptions and instead rely on facts and observations
500
The official name of the "Blue Book"
What is NYC Schools Discipline Code
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