Students enrolled in the principal preparation program will demonstrate knowledge and skills on comprehensive examinations referenced to the standards set forth by SBEC for principal preparation.

Students will demonstrate mastery of knowledge and skills on the principal preparation program comprehensive examination which addresses the Texas principal standards as determined by SBEC and course content.

The comprehensive examination was developed by principal preparation program faculty. The examination includes content from several courses (EDAD 5332- Administration and Organization of Public Schools, EDAD 6371-Role of the Principal, EDAD 5372-Public School Law, EDAD 6378-Building Capacity for Teaching and Learning, EDAD 6379-Program Evaluation for School Improvement, EDAD 5386- Special Populations and Special Programs).

At least 90% of our students will earn a passing score on the comprehensive examination during the first administration.

Out of the 59 students who took the comprehensive exam in 2012-2013, 55 students passed the multiple choice exam on the first attempt,representing a 93% passing rate.

 
The criteria for this objective was met. 

Certain knowledge and skills are requisite for becoming an effective public school principal.

Students will demonstrate knowledge and skills associated with being an effective principal as conceptualized in the Texas Administrative Code and SBEC.

As required by the Texas Education Code, 21.048, successful performance on educator certification examinations is required for the issuance of a Texas educator certificate. The TExES Principal test is criterion referenced. It is designed to measure the knowledge and skills delineated in the Principal test framework, which is based on the 9 Principal standards that are listed in the Texas Administrative Code Title 19, Part VII, Chapter 241.

The TExES Principal test is a selected-response, or multiple-choice, test designed to measure the requisite knowledge and skills that a beginning Texas principal must possess. This test includes both individual and stand-alone items that are arranged in clustered decision sets based on real-world situations faced by school principals and assistant principals in elementary, middle, or high school settings.

Committees of Texas educators and interested citizens guide the development of the TExES tests by participating in each stage of the test development process. These working committees are comprised of Texas educators from public and charter schools, faculty from educator preparation programs, education service enter staff, representatives from professional educator organizations, content experts, the business community, and parents. The committees are balanced in terms of position, affiliation, years of experience, ethnicity, gender, and geographical diversity. The committee membership is rotated during the development process so that numerous Texas stakeholders may be actively involved.

At least 70% of the master students in our Prinicipal program will pass the TExES Principal exam on the first attempt.

Out of 14 master students in the Principal Program who took the Principal Exam during the 2012-2013 year, 13 passed the exam in the first attempt, representing a 93% passing rate.

The criteria for this objective exceeded the Principal Exam passing rates expected for this year. In response, the committee has decided to raise the expected criteria to 80% for the next year.