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What’s on the Exam?
There are 110 multiple-choice questions on the exam, and the time limit is 4 hours and 45 minutes. There aren’t any scheduled breaks, but you’re free to take restroom breaks as needed.
Let’s take a closer look at the different sections of the exam.
1. Leadership of the Educational Community
40% of the exam
- Acting with fairness, integrity, and in an ethical manner
- Facilitating the development, implementation, and stewardship of a vision of learning
- Communicating and collaborating with community members and families
- Responding to community interests and needs
- Mobilizing community resources
- Influencing and responding to the larger legal, political, economic, cultural, and social context
2. Instructional Leadership
30% of the exam
- Facilitating strategic plans that enhance teaching and learning
- Ensuring alignment among curriculum, resources, and assessments
- Advocating and sustaining an instructional program and district culture that are conducive to student learning and staff professional growth
- Implementing a staff evaluation and development system
3. Administrative Leadership
30% of the exam
- District budgeting
- Resource utilization
- Financial management
- Technology applications
- Physical plant and support systems
- Complying with federal and state requirements
- Facilitating positive change
Computer-Adaptive Testing (CAT)
The TExES Superintendent exam is a computer-adaptive test. Basically, this means that the questions will become harder or easier as you go through the exam, based on how well you’re answering the questions.
For example, say you answered the first question correctly. The first question is of medium difficulty, so the next question will be slightly harder. Then, let’s say you answered the second question incorrectly. The next question would then be a medium question.
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How to Register
To get started with your registration, you’ll need to create an account on the NES website. You can then register for the exam and schedule a test date through your account.
Exam Scores
The test is scored using a scaled scoring method. Here’s how it works:
For every question you answer correctly, you get one point added to your raw score. At the end of the test, your final raw score will be converted to a scaled score. This scaled score will range somewhere between 100 and 300.
The reason your raw score is converted to a scaled score is because everyone who takes the test is given a slightly different set of questions. Since everyone has a different arrangement of questions, and because some questions are harder than others, converting your raw score to a scaled score ensures a more even playing field.