SLLA 6990 Study Guide
School Leaders Licensure Assessment Prep with PSEL Review, Constructed-Response Case Workshops, and Full-Length Practice Tests
What is inside
- 1,528 practice questions, with a reason given for every wrong choice as well as the right one
- Four full-length practice tests, each with 120 questions at the official category counts and four written cases
- Four case workshops with model responses scored 3, 2, and 1, and the reason each lost or earned its points
- A 40-question diagnostic test that sends each missed question to the chapter that teaches it
- Six category drills plus 54 content chapters on strategic, instructional, climate and cultural, ethical, organizational, and community engagement leadership
- Quick reference of laws and cases, confused terms, glossary, coverage map, answer key at a glance, score tracker, and wrong-answer log
For the 2026–2027 test year: the SLLA 6990, taught category by category and practiced on both of its clocks.
The School Leaders Licensure Assessment (6990) gives you 120 selected-response questions in 165 minutes, then four written cases in 75 minutes. The questions cover the six leadership categories ETS built on the Professional Standards for Educational Leaders (PSEL). The cases hand you a school, a data table, a memo or a set of notes, and ask what you would do and why. Each case is scored 0 to 3, and together they are a quarter of your score. This book prepares you for both halves.
Each chapter follows the ETS outline. Mission, vision, and continuous improvement; professional development, curriculum, and assessment; school climate, equity, and student support; ethics and the law; operations, budgets, and staffing; families and the community. Every content chapter ends with 12 practice questions, and every explanation ends with the code of the ETS outline statement it tests.
What is inside
- 1,528 practice questions, with a reason given for every wrong choice as well as the right one
- Four full-length practice tests, each with 120 questions at the official category counts and four written cases with model responses
- Four case workshops with sample responses scored 3, 2, and 1, and the reasons each one earned or lost its points
- A 40-question diagnostic test that sends each missed question to the chapter that teaches it
- Six category drills to check each part before you move on
- The law a principal is expected to know: FERPA, IDEA, Section 504, Title IX, ESSA, and the Supreme Court decisions on student speech, search, discipline, and religion, read in their official text
- Matching and grid questions in the formats ETS shows in its sample items
- Review tools: a quick reference of laws and cases, commonly confused terms, a glossary, a topic coverage map, an answer key at a glance, a score tracker, and a wrong-answer log
Also useful for the Praxis 5412. The Praxis Educational Leadership: Administration and Supervision test (5412) lists the same six categories and topics as the SLLA's first section, with no written cases. The chapters, drills, and Section I of each practice test cover its outline.
Checked at the source. Section timing, question counts by category, the 75 and 25 percent weights, the written-response scoring guide, the $425 fee, the 28-day retest rule, and state passing scores were read from the ETS Study Companion, the School Leadership Series Information Bulletin, and the ETS passing-score table in October 2026.
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