ILTS Principal as Instructional Leader Subtest 2 (196) Practice Test

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• A high school principal should consult the district's contract with the teachers union when:
• After receiving a harassment complaint, which set of actions best supports a fair and responsible response?
• A principal is preparing to expand an effective intervention. Which plan is most likely to promote consistent implementation?
• Which data would be least persuasive when advocating for continued funding for a service-learning program?
• Which provision of the U.S. Constitution has most often served as the primary basis of constitutional rights suits against public educational institutions in the United States?
• Which approach would best promote community support for technology funding by partnering with local businesses?
• Which scenario best demonstrates aligning a school's resources to support its educational vision?
• After one semester, a costly intervention has produced mixed results. Which approach provides the strongest basis for deciding whether to continue it?
• A school improvement plan includes several promising literacy initiatives but no way to tell whether they are being carried out as intended. What should the principal recommend?
• In New Jersey v. TLO, what standard allowed school officials to search a student's belongings?
• A school includes many students who have a first language other than English. Which of the following is a right of these students according to federal law?
• Which data point would you use to monitor progress against a school discipline policy?
• Goss v. Lopez established that students must be given what prior to suspension?
• When responding to a potential lawsuit, which statement should the principal emphasize to show compliance with safety obligations?
• Hazelwood v. Kuhlmeier addressed which aspect of school policy regarding student publications?
• A principal must decide whether to fund a proposed program described as urgent by its advocates. What evidence would best support a responsible decision?
• Which two traits are identified as helpful for a principal to implement policy?
• A curriculum map places some required standards near the end of the school year. What should the principal do?
• Midway through the fiscal year, a middle school principal is informed that the budget will be reduced by 15 percent. Which is the most appropriate first step for the principal to take?
• In developing a new school vision after a long period without one, the principal can best benefit the school by?
• Which action would most undermine the district's defense?
• A principal and staff are developing plans to improve student learning. Which process best helps identify how to address issues identified through data?
• A student with a disability is repeatedly excluded from instruction because of behavior associated with the student’s needs. What should the principal prioritize?
• Before expanding a successful pilot intervention across a school, what should the principal do first?
• Which element is included in the Davis Standard bullying definition?
• What is a stated goal of the Illinois Internet Safety Education Curriculum Law?
• A family engagement event attracted many participants. What additional evidence would best help the principal assess whether it strengthened family-school relationships?
• What outcome is most likely when diverse community members participate in multiple stages of the visioning process?
• A teacher’s students score poorly on a common assessment, and the teacher believes the assessment may not reflect what was taught. What should the principal and teacher examine first?
• In recent decades, which factor has been most responsible for decisions to place greater emphasis on developing students' problem-solving and decision-making skills across the curriculum?
• Davis v Monroe County Board of Education held that schools can be liable for sexual harassment when the school had knowledge and was what?
• A schoolwide intervention raises average achievement, but results show that a gap between student groups has widened. What is the principal’s best next step?
• A principal is considering a commercial reading program. Which approach best supports an informed adoption decision?
• Which approach best helps a principal determine whether a schoolwide intervention is producing the intended results over time?
• Which law prohibits discrimination based on sex in federally funded education programs?
• Teachers are using a new program inconsistently, and student results vary across classrooms. Which action best helps the principal determine whether the problem is implementation or the program itself?
• In Tinker v. Des Moines, under what condition may school officials censor student speech?
• A teacher asks a principal to raise a student’s grade because the student’s family is influential in the community. What should the principal do?
• Teachers want students to use common literacy strategies in science, social studies, and other classes. What should the principal facilitate?
• What is the best way to respond to parents who plan to sue, based on the district's safety obligations?
• Disaggregated data helps identify what kind of performance gaps?
• A high school principal is meeting with a parent unhappy about instruction relating to world religions that is included in her child's current social studies course. Which teacher practice described by the parent in regard to this content should be of most concern to the principal on ethical grounds?
• Who within the district should coordinate the defense and response in a potential lawsuit?
• What did Morse v. Frederick establish about drug promotion at school?
• In what year was the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) enacted?
• A high school is seeking continued funding for its service learning program. The principal can advocate for this funding most effectively by sharing with decision makers data showing:
• Which of the following situations most clearly illustrates a principal modeling principles of transparency?
• A principal’s close relative applies for a position at the principal’s school. What is the most ethical course of action?
• Departments use substantially different grading policies. What should the principal do to improve consistency while preserving teachers’ professional judgment?
• Students have difficulty applying reading strategies in subjects beyond English language arts. Which leadership action is most likely to address this instructional challenge?
• When considering schedule changes to expand teacher collaboration, which constraint must the principal account for alongside instructional priorities and staff input?
• A teacher questions the difficulty of a common assessment after students perform poorly. What should the principal do next?
• To increase participation by diverse groups in site-based planning and management, what is the most effective first step for a middle school principal?
• When implementing a mission with several goals, which step should be defined first?
• Which step would be most useful to take first when updating an emergency plan?
• Classroom observations show substantial variation in how teachers use a newly adopted instructional program. What is the principal's best next step?
• In guiding a vision development committee, a principal should emphasize the idea that effective vision statements focus on
• A school is revising its emergency response procedures. Which planning approach is most effective?
• What is the main purpose of asking open-ended questions at the start of a vision process, such as describing what a great school looks like?
• Which of the following actions would be most appropriate and effective for communicating to custodial staff the importance of providing a clean, safe, and well-maintained facility?
• Which maintenance strategy would be most effective to minimize disruptions and costs over time?
• A local organization offers to fund an after-school program in exchange for access to student data for marketing. What should the principal do?
• What is the stated goal of enforcing the harassment policy?
• Which action would most strongly support the district's defense that it fulfilled its duty of care in the gym injury scenario?
• When deciding how to respond to an alleged student rule violation, which practice best supports fairness?
• A school improvement team proposes launching several initiatives at once to address weak literacy outcomes. Which recommendation would make the plan most coherent and measurable?
• Teachers report that English learners are struggling in grade-level content classes. Which instructional priority is most appropriate?
• Which law protects people from discrimination based on sex in education programs or activities that receive federal financial assistance?
• When evaluating a proposed new program, what criterion ensures alignment with broader aims?
• A subgroup’s achievement gap persists even though schoolwide results are improving. Which additional analysis would best help the principal understand factors contributing to the gap?
• A principal wants to expand an intervention but has not yet determined why it worked during the pilot. What should the principal do next?
• Which of the following is not a required measure under CIPA for schools receiving federal funds for Internet access?
• During a school improvement meeting, senior staff members dominate the discussion and newer teachers rarely speak. What should the principal do?
• Classroom observations show that students participate actively, but it is unclear whether they understand the lesson objective. What feedback should the principal provide?
• Which action is most appropriate for the principal to take after learning of the injury and potential lawsuit?
• Which statement best describes reporting guidelines in the policy?
• In evaluating negligence, the district would demonstrate it acted with reasonable care by which of the following?
• Before adopting a digital learning tool that collects student information, what should a principal do?
• If some teachers modify prescribed techniques, what should the principal do first?
• Why should a principal assess staff capacity before expanding a successful pilot?
• In a school vision context, which action best signals a commitment to ongoing professional development?
• What are typical outside sources for funding school programs?
• A principal learns that a staff member posted an identifiable student photo and disciplinary details on social media. What should the principal do?
• A teacher shows no improvement after receiving feedback from the principal across several observations. What should the principal do next?
• In pursuing funding for a district technology initiative, which strategy would be most effective to pursue first?
• During a public meeting, a community member criticizes a school decision and makes inaccurate claims. How should the principal respond?
• A principal will be leading a team to update the school's emergency plan. Which step would be most useful to take first?
• A community volunteer tutoring a student asks the principal for the student’s confidential records. What should the principal do?
• According to the policy, what type of consequences should follow investigations?
• An elementary school includes a representative group of parents in a math improvement effort. What is the most important expected benefit of this inclusion?
• In a scenario where a middle school student is injured in the school's gym during a physical education class and the parents intend to sue the district, what step would be most appropriate for the principal to take to defend the district?
• A principal receives a complaint that a student is being harassed because of a protected characteristic. What should be the principal’s first priority?
• When new programs addressing disparities are funded at the expense of existing programs, which message best helps respond to stakeholder concerns?
• Two teacher teams disagree about which students should receive intervention services. What process should the principal facilitate?
• In a school improvement meeting, several participants hold differing views about a proposed strategy. What meeting practice is most likely to help the group use those perspectives productively?
• A principal wants to know whether supports for English learners are helping students succeed in content classes. Which information is most useful for guiding instructional adjustments?
• After a school expands a successful pilot, what should leaders do to determine whether the intervention continues to work?
• A principal finds that students from one racial group are referred for discipline at a substantially higher rate. What is the most appropriate next step?
• A school's test scores have risen, but students and teachers report that learning has become stressful and narrowly focused. What should the principal do?
• Title IV is primarily associated with which concept?
• Which of the following would best demonstrate a principal's commitment to ensuring the provision of effective and equitable learning opportunities for all students?
• A principal is reviewing a proposed educational app that stores student data. Which additional question is especially important before adoption?
• A middle school mission emphasizes developing confident, self-directed lifelong learners and responsible citizens. Which action should the principal guide stakeholders to take first to move toward achieving these goals?
• A school improvement plan lists goals but does not identify who will carry them out or when progress will be reviewed. What should the principal add?
• A staff member has shared student records through an unsecured personal account. What should the principal do?
• In Arizona, what is the primary role of the State Board of Education?
• A principal is reviewing whether to continue an intervention with uneven results across student groups. Which consideration is essential to a well-grounded decision?
• A school has frequent absences, but staff disagree about why students are missing school. What should the principal do before selecting an intervention?
• A principal’s relative is being considered for a school position. Why should the principal avoid participating in the hiring decision?
• If it is determined that teacher negligence contributed to the injury, what administrative action would be appropriate?
• Which item is not described as part of the policy enforcement framework?
• After a boiler explosion at a high school, the principal conveys all facts about the incident to students, staff, and families as soon as they can be established. This is an appropriate response mainly because it:
• Which of the following is least helpful to a district defending a negligence claim?
• Several school departments submit requests for limited funds, and each describes its request as urgent. Which approach should guide the principal's decisions?
• After the annual budget is prepared, projected enrollment declines. What should the principal do?
• Hazelwood v. Kuhlmeier addressed the First Amendment rights of students in school-sponsored activities. What did it hold overall?
• What safeguards are identified to support victims and perpetrators?
• A high school principal receives a call from a municipal leader upset about editorials in the school newspaper. The best response is to:
• ADM data helps in which of the following ways?
• A teacher repeatedly misses required instructional planning meetings. What is the best initial response by the principal?
• Which constitutional clause has most often served as the basis for public-education rights lawsuits?
• A school team sets the goal “improve attendance.” What change would make the goal more useful for monitoring progress?
• Which action would constitute a violation of the least restrictive environment principle?
• Which standard governs the district's obligation to protect students from harm during school activities?
• A principal needs to respond publicly to criticism of a school decision. Which information should the principal avoid sharing?
• A principal must announce a schedule change that will disrupt established routines. Which communication approach is most likely to support an effective transition?
• A parent asks a principal to remove a library book because the parent disagrees with its viewpoint. Which response is most appropriate?
• Discipline data show a persistent difference in referral rates among student groups. Which response is most likely to support a fair improvement process?
• Maintenance problems at a school are usually addressed only after they disrupt instruction. Which change would best prevent this pattern?
• To effectively communicate to custodial staff the importance of maintaining a safe facility, which approach is most appropriate?
• When a district realigns attendance areas and enrollment concentrates in one school, the principal's first priority should be to:
• A principal is asked to discipline a student for an alleged rule violation but has heard only one account. What is the most appropriate next step?
• What did the Supreme Court decide in City of Ontario v. Quon regarding the use of a city employee's pager for text messages?
• A community partner offers resources for an educational program but requests student information for promotional purposes. What is the principal’s best response?
• A principal who is preparing to lead a committee of stakeholders in the development of a new educational vision suspects that stakeholder groups are likely to have diverse views regarding the school's future and how to serve students. The principal can promote productive collaboration most effectively by first:
• The new principal of a school with a poor safety record is considering how best to allocate resources to provide a safer and more secure environment for students at the school. To meet this goal, the principal's highest priority should be to provide resources to ensure that:
• To evaluate equitable access to the curriculum, which approach best indicates whether all students have access?
• Which legal concept underpins the district's obligation to protect students from harm during school activities?
• Which statement about the Morse v. Frederick decision is true?
• Regarding a no pass, no play policy, which role best describes the principal's function in site council deliberations?
• When preparing emergency procedures, why should a school include accessibility needs and practice the procedures?
• When communicating about new programs funded by reallocating school resources, which message best frames fairness and community impact?
• Students receiving special education services rarely contribute to class discussions. What should the principal do first to improve their participation?
• A staff member raises a concern that a district directive may conflict with a student's legal rights. What should the principal do first?
• To increase stakeholder participation in school governance, what is the most effective initial move?
• A principal is revising the school schedule to create more time for teacher collaboration. Which approach is most appropriate?
• Teachers report that professional development has little connection to classroom needs and attracts limited engagement. How should the principal improve future learning opportunities?
• Which is one of the six basic principles of IDEA?
• It would be most important for a high school principal to work closely with the district's legal advisor when developing a school policy to:
• During a vision kickoff, what is the most effective outcome of using open-ended prompts like 'a great school is ...' and 'a successful student is able to ...'?
• A pilot was successful, but several teachers say they lack the time and materials to implement it broadly. What should the principal do before expanding it?
• Which statement most directly reflects the intent of adopting the Common Core Standards at the state level?
• A staff member suspects child abuse but is unsure whether the available evidence is sufficient. What should the principal advise?
• A middle school principal is leading the development of a new educational vision for the school. The principal decides to implement several strategies to encourage participation by all stakeholder groups, including surveys, town hall style meetings, and family outreach activities. In taking this approach to developing the school vision, the principal illustrates most clearly which of the following ideas?
• A principal is deciding how to respond after discovering that an intervention benefits some student groups more than others. What is the most appropriate action?
• A school principal could best use a press release to communicate about a decision to:
• Families who speak languages other than English rarely attend school meetings. Which action would best support their meaningful participation?
• Which case established that school districts can be liable for student-on-student harassment when the district knew and was deliberately indifferent?
• During a pilot, students in one group made less progress than students in another group. What should the principal investigate?
• After several difficult changes, staff morale is low. Which response best supports morale while maintaining accountability?
• Which practice is consistent with proactive risk management after a gym injury?
• A student with a disability is repeatedly removed from class for behavior related to the student’s needs. What should the principal do?
• A principal wants to determine whether a new mathematics intervention is helping students before the end-of-year assessment. What evidence should the principal monitor?
• A principal is forming a school improvement team. Which selection and design approach is most likely to make the team effective and representative?
• In Watts v. United States, the expression of a desire to kill the president if drafted was considered what?
• A principal observes that a professional development session did not address teachers’ current instructional challenges. What is the best basis for designing the next learning opportunity?
• During a meeting where a site council is deadlocked on a school issue, which approach should the principal try first to achieve consensus?
• Which action is most appropriate when a lawsuit is anticipated regarding student safety in physical education?
• Staff members are discouraged after multiple challenging initiatives. Which principal action best combines support with continued responsibility for professional practice?
• Which of the following actions by a principal would most likely be considered unethical?
• Why was a public-school student's fake MySpace page about the school's principal considered constitutionally protected?
• During vision planning, which step best promotes broad involvement by families?
• Which action best describes the principal's primary role when implementing data-informed plans to improve student learning?
• A principal wants to replicate a successful pilot in other classrooms. What information is most important to identify before doing so?
• Which combination of actions best supports both equitable outcomes and sustainable expansion of a successful intervention?
• Arizona districts report ADM; ADM data is used primarily to:
• Long-term maintenance is most cost-effective and least disruptive when staff emphasize which approach?
• Before implementing an after-school program that requires additional teacher hours, the principal should first
• To increase access to technological resources in a school facing funding constraints, the most appropriate initial action is to:
• To build broad stakeholder support for a new school vision, which strategy is most effective?
• Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act focuses on stopping discrimination in which areas?
• Which feature would most help a school improvement team turn its work into coordinated schoolwide action?
• Which strategy would most effectively promote equity in the early literacy efforts?
• When evaluating the feasibility of a new guidance program, what is the first priority?
• In recent years, a school has had a poor record of compliance with safety requirements and procedures. Which of the following actions would be most appropriate and effective for promoting greater staff compliance?
• Which criterion should guide space reallocation when enrollment increases?
• Staff members oppose a new instructional initiative because they believe it was imposed without consultation. How should the principal respond?
• A principal wants to build trust with families who have historically felt excluded from school decisions. Which approach is most likely to establish authentic partnership?
• To strengthen the district's defense, which step regarding staff should be taken?
• Which action is consistent with accepted school accounting procedures?
• A principal is evaluating a teacher whose observed lesson was unusually disrupted by an unexpected assembly. What is the best reason to gather additional evidence before reaching a judgment?
• A pilot intervention produced strong results in one grade level. Which action would best support a successful schoolwide expansion?
• In managing a campus crisis, providing timely, accurate information to students, staff, and families as soon as possible primarily serves to reduce what?
• A principal plans to scale up a pilot that improved student outcomes. Which consideration is essential to responsible expansion?
• Bethel School District v. Fraser (1986) established authority for school officials to suspend students for what type of speech?
• A school’s overall achievement average is increasing, but results for one student subgroup remain low. What should the principal do first to guide an equitable improvement response?
• Which of the following is the primary requirement of the Children's Internet Protection Act (CIPA) for schools receiving federal funds for Internet access?
• A school wants maintenance requests to be addressed consistently rather than forgotten after they are reported. Which operational practice best supports this goal?
• Which item is listed as a recommended unit of instruction under the Illinois program?
• When a parent volunteer group informs the principal that it has raised funds for the school library, these funds should be treated as:
• What does Title VI prohibit in organizations with 15 or more employees?
• A principal wants to know whether a family engagement event improved relationships between families and the school. Which evidence would be most informative?
• Facing significant disparities in kindergarten literacy backgrounds, which action would best ensure equal opportunity for all young children to be successful readers?
• When evaluating a new course with low enrollment, the school should first
• A school’s average outcomes improve after an intervention, while disparities between student groups increase. Which response best addresses this result?
• A principal wants family input to influence school decisions rather than serve as a symbolic exercise. What should the principal do?
• A principal is working with a committee of teachers to develop a preliminary budget. One goal of the committee is to recommend ways that the school's financial resources could be allocated more effectively. In developing a list of recommendations, the committee should emphasize those recommendations that best control financial costs while still:
• In which case is the best-known standard that public school students have First Amendment rights and censorship is permitted primarily to prevent disruption?
• Which action does CIPA require schools receiving federal funds for Internet access to adopt or enforce?
• What is the primary legal consideration for school staff when determining a classroom assignment for a student with disabilities?