AEPA Professional Test
School Readiness - correct answer ✔Children's competencies related to
success in kindergarten, including physical development, health, and well-
being; social-emotional development and learning; cognitive development and
general knowledge, such as mathematics and science; positive approaches to
learning such as curiosity and motivation; and language development and
early literacy skills
Unethical - correct answer ✔not conforming to approved standards of
behavior, socially accepted code, or professionally endorsed principles and
practices
Developmentally Appropriate Curriculum - correct answer ✔Curriculum
activities geared to the varying abilities and levels of development of a whole
group of children. Takes into account children's ages, their individual needs,
and the context in which children live
Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act - correct answer ✔A law
establishing who may have access to educational records of various kinds
and when parents' consent must be obtained for release of information to
individuals other than school district employees.
Individualized Education Program (IEP) - correct answer ✔Written document
required by the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act for every child with a
disability; includes statements of present performance, annual goals, short-
term instructional objectives, specific educational services needed, relevant
dates, regular education program participation, and evaluation procedures;
must be signed by parents as well as educational personnel.
Norm Referenced Testing - correct answer ✔Testing in which scores are
compared with the average performance of others
, Portfolios - correct answer ✔a compilation of an individual student's work in
reading and writing, devised to reveal literacy progress as well as strengths
and weaknesses
Montessori - correct answer ✔Child-centered, children work at their own
pace, teachers do not interrupt or interfere with the child's attention/learning,
child makes his/hers own choices, controlled chaos, lots of space with the
choice to work outside, material reachable for children, lightweight furniture
Head Start - correct answer ✔A program developed by the federal
government to strengthen the academic skills of children from low-income
homes, and designed for the social, emotional, physical, and intellectual
needs of four- and five- year old.
High Scope - correct answer ✔An ECE program based on Piaget. Active
learning, classroom arrangement, daily schedule, assessment, and curriculum
are the main components. Makes use of the plan-do-review method.
Reggio Emilia - correct answer ✔Community and social based program
originated in Italy and that encourages each child's creativity in a carefully
designed setting. Based on relationships among teachers, families, and
children. There is no planned curriculum. Assessment is all done by
observation. Children are seen as active constructors of their own knowledge
Project Approach - correct answer ✔Children learn by actively investigating
in topics that are meaningful to them. Teachers and children work together to
generate questions about the investigation. Four important learning goals are:
knowledge, sills, dispositions, and feelings. Three phases are: Phase I
(planning), Phase II (investigation), Phase III(culmination).
School Readiness - correct answer ✔Children's competencies related to
success in kindergarten, including physical development, health, and well-
being; social-emotional development and learning; cognitive development and
general knowledge, such as mathematics and science; positive approaches to
learning such as curiosity and motivation; and language development and
early literacy skills
Unethical - correct answer ✔not conforming to approved standards of
behavior, socially accepted code, or professionally endorsed principles and
practices
Developmentally Appropriate Curriculum - correct answer ✔Curriculum
activities geared to the varying abilities and levels of development of a whole
group of children. Takes into account children's ages, their individual needs,
and the context in which children live
Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act - correct answer ✔A law
establishing who may have access to educational records of various kinds
and when parents' consent must be obtained for release of information to
individuals other than school district employees.
Individualized Education Program (IEP) - correct answer ✔Written document
required by the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act for every child with a
disability; includes statements of present performance, annual goals, short-
term instructional objectives, specific educational services needed, relevant
dates, regular education program participation, and evaluation procedures;
must be signed by parents as well as educational personnel.
Norm Referenced Testing - correct answer ✔Testing in which scores are
compared with the average performance of others
, Portfolios - correct answer ✔a compilation of an individual student's work in
reading and writing, devised to reveal literacy progress as well as strengths
and weaknesses
Montessori - correct answer ✔Child-centered, children work at their own
pace, teachers do not interrupt or interfere with the child's attention/learning,
child makes his/hers own choices, controlled chaos, lots of space with the
choice to work outside, material reachable for children, lightweight furniture
Head Start - correct answer ✔A program developed by the federal
government to strengthen the academic skills of children from low-income
homes, and designed for the social, emotional, physical, and intellectual
needs of four- and five- year old.
High Scope - correct answer ✔An ECE program based on Piaget. Active
learning, classroom arrangement, daily schedule, assessment, and curriculum
are the main components. Makes use of the plan-do-review method.
Reggio Emilia - correct answer ✔Community and social based program
originated in Italy and that encourages each child's creativity in a carefully
designed setting. Based on relationships among teachers, families, and
children. There is no planned curriculum. Assessment is all done by
observation. Children are seen as active constructors of their own knowledge
Project Approach - correct answer ✔Children learn by actively investigating
in topics that are meaningful to them. Teachers and children work together to
generate questions about the investigation. Four important learning goals are:
knowledge, sills, dispositions, and feelings. Three phases are: Phase I
(planning), Phase II (investigation), Phase III(culmination).
