1. Southern Regional Education Board 2012 Annual Meeting and Legislative Work Conference

2. How are SREB states working together to address the nursing shortage? a)Documenting the demand for nurses and nurse educators b)Forming workforce development teams c)Sharing online nursing courses through SREB’s Nurse Educator Consortium d) Participating in the Robert Wood Johnson Campaign for Nursing Regional Action Coalitions Southern Regional Education Board

3. How are SREB states working together to address the nursing shortage? a)Documenting the demand for nurses and nurse educators b)Forming workforce development teams c)Sharing online nursing courses through SREB’s Nurse Educator Consortium d) Participating in the Robert Wood Johnson Campaign for Nursing Regional Action Coalitions Southern Regional Education Board

4. Who is working with the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards to recruit exceptional principals for a pilot of the Certification of Accomplished Principals assessment? a) The Electronic Campus b) Learning Centered Leadership Program c) High Schools That Work d) The TeacherCenter.org Southern Regional Education Board

5. Who is working with the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards to recruit exceptional principals for a pilot of the Certification of Accomplished Principals assessment? a) The Electronic Campus b) Learning Centered Leadership Program c) High Schools That Work d) The TeacherCenter.org Southern Regional Education Board

6. Learning-Centered Leadership Program Southern Regional Education Board

7. What program allows residents to earn a specialized college degree not available in their home states? a)The Regional Contract Program b)The Academic Common Market c)The College Completion Initiative d) Go Alliance Southern Regional Education Board

8. What program allows residents to earn a specialized college degree not available in their home states? a)The Regional Contract Program b)The Academic Common Market c)The College Completion Initiative d) Go Alliance Southern Regional Education Board

9. Which program is researching smartphone apps to help students navigate the path to college? a) High Schools That Work b) The Education Technology Cooperative c)Go Alliance d)b and c e)None of the above – what a crazy idea! Southern Regional Education Board

10. Which program is researching smartphone apps to help students navigate the path to college? a) High Schools That Work b) The Education Technology Cooperative c)Go Alliance d)b and c e)None of the above – what a crazy idea! Southern Regional Education Board

11. Go Alliance and Education Technology Cooperative Southern Regional Education Board

12. Which topic is NOT covered by the SREB Fact Book on Higher Education? a) College credits taken by high school students b) College enrollment of foreign students c)Percent of state/local spending for elementary/ secondary education d) Time- and credits-to-degree for part-time college transfer students e) None of the above Southern Regional Education Board

13. Which topic is NOT covered by the SREB Fact Book on Higher Education? a) College credits taken by high school students b) College enrollment of foreign students c)Percent of state/local spending for elementary/ secondary education d) Time- and credits-to-degree for part-time college transfer students e) None of the above Southern Regional Education Board

14. What is the emphasis of SREB’s work with the Math Design Collaborative? a) To develop a special math course for vocational students b) To approach teaching math for understanding c)To redesign Algebra I d) To help teachers stress math procedures, reasoning and understanding math concepts Southern Regional Education Board

15. What is the emphasis of SREB’s work with the Math Design Collaborative? a) To develop a special math course for vocational students b) To approach teaching math for understanding c)To redesign Algebra I d) To help teachers stress math procedures, reasoning and understanding math concepts Southern Regional Education Board

16. Math Design Collaborative Southern Regional Education Board

17. Who met with U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan in April and briefed his executive staff? a) Dave Spence on college completion b) Cheryl Blanco on high school to college transition c)Gene Bottoms on career pathways programs d) Leslie Fetzer, National Online Teacher of the Year, about teaching for students with disabilities Southern Regional Education Board

18. Who met with U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan in April and briefed his executive staff? a) Dave Spence on college completion b) Cheryl Blanco on high school to college transition c)Gene Bottoms on career pathways programs d) Leslie Fetzer, National Online Teacher of the Year, about teaching for students with disabilities Southern Regional Education Board

20. Which of the following is NOT a benefit to states that participate in the SREB-State Doctoral Scholars Program? a) States can award more honorary degrees b) States save money because minority Ph.D. candidates finish twice as fast c)State universities and research labs can recruit from an online directory of minorities who hold doctoral degrees d) More minority faculty in classrooms can encourage more African-American and Hispanic undergraduates to complete their degrees Southern Regional Education Board

21. Which of the following is NOT a benefit to states that participate in the SREB-State Doctoral Scholars Program? a) States can award more honorary degrees b) States save money because minority Ph.D. candidates finish twice as fast c)State universities and research labs can recruit from an online directory of minorities who hold doctoral degrees d) More minority faculty in classrooms can encourage more African-American and Hispanic undergraduates to complete their degrees Southern Regional Education Board

22. SREB-State Doctoral Scholars Program Southern Regional Education Board