An excellent high stakes test created by Cindi Pastore!! Please share!! An Eight Question High Stakes Test for Governor Pence, Brian Bosma, David Long, and Members of the State Board of Education 1. Who was elected by an overwhelming majority (roughly 1,300,000) of the voters (many of whom crossed their party lines) of this state to be the Indiana Superintendent of Public Schools? a. Claire Fiddian-Greene b. Brian Bosma c. GLENDA RITZ d. David Long e. Mike Pence f. Any of the appointed Members of the SBOE g. Daniel Elsener 2. Who campaigned and won on the platform of re-introducing evidenced-based educational methods, policies, and standards including: more teaching and less testing, more local control for implementing standards, safe and respectful schools, high standards for educators, improved vocational education, and reserving public dollars for public schools? a. Claire Fiddian-Greene b. Brian Bosma c. GLENDA RITZ d. David Long e. Mike Pence f. Any of the appointed Members of the SBOE g. Daniel Elsener 3. Who is a National Board Certified Teacher, holds two masters degrees with licenses to teach elementary, middle and high school in the areas of special education, general education, and library science, and has won both the Teacher of the Year for Washington Township Schools and a Golden Apple Award? a. Claire Fiddian-Greene b. Brian Bosma c. GLENDA RITZ d. David Long e. Mike Pence f. Any of the appointed Members of the SBOE g. Daniel Elsener 4. Who held a Community Partners School Improvement Summit and started the Hoosier Family of Readers program since beginning her elected job of Indianas Superintendent of Public Instruction? a. Claire Fiddian-Greene b. Brian Bosma c. GLENDA RITZ d. David Long e. Mike Pence f. Any of the appointed Members of the SBOE g. Daniel Elsener 5. Who has been continually thwarted in her attempts to carry out the duties of her office, the elected Superintendent of Public Instruction, by a bombardment of politically motivated actions and unnecessary requests for ill-conceived action and irrelevant information? a. Claire Fiddian-Greene b. Brian Bosma c. GLENDA RITZ d. David Long e. Mike Pence f. Any of the appointed Members of the SBOE g. Daniel Elsener 6. Who is being hurt by the Governor, the members of the SBOE, and those legislators who are being obstructionist to Superintendent Ritz work? a. The CHILDREN of this state b. The CHILDREN of this state c. The CHILDREN of this state d. The CHILDREN of this state e. The CHILDREN of this state 7. Whose money is being wasted by the creation by Governor Pence of an agency with an non-elected head, that is essentially an attempt to be a duplication of the Indiana Department of Education? a. The TAXPAYERS of Indiana b. The TAXPAYERS of Indiana c. The TAXPAYERS of Indiana d. The TAXPAYERS of Indiana e. The TAXPAYERS of Indiana 8. Who will respond to the bullying of Superintendent Ritz by the Governor, the SBOE board members, and members of the state legislature? a. The VOTERS in Indiana b. The VOTERS in Indiana c. The VOTERS in Indiana d. The VOTERS in Indiana e. The VOTERS in Indiana Answer Key: For each of questions 1-5, the answer is c. For each of questions 6-8, the answers are a,b,c,d, and e. Grading Scale: A= 8 correct answers F= 0-7 correct answers
Posted on: Sat, 26 Oct 2013 16:42:59 +0000