Alone among states, California has permitted passing a primarily multiple-choice exam as one path to become a school or district administrator.
That will change. The California Commission on Teacher Credentialing (CTC) on Friday voted to require aspiring administrators to pass a more challenging “performance-based assessment,” showing how they’d handle complex situations that administrators face on the job, like designing a school improvement plan and evaluating teachers. The new test will replace the current exam, the California Preliminary Administrative Credential Examination, when the contract for administering it expires in October 2014.
via Credentialing commission imposes tougher test to become school administrator – by John Fensterwald.