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The TExES 268
How the Principal as Instructional Leader exam is built, how it is scored, and what actually moves a score on it. Written from the blueprint.
10 postsSchool Leadership
Instructional leadership, campus culture, and growing the people you lead. The thinking the exam rewards is the thinking the job requires.
1 postTexas Law & Policy
The Texas Education Code, TEA rules, and the Educators Code of Ethics, framed around the decisions the 268 asks you to make.
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Pacing the TExES 268: Where the Clock Goes
Seventy selected-response items, four constructed responses, five hours. A pacing plan built from the real structure of the exam, not a guess.
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268 vs. the Job: Why the Textbook Answer Wins
Experienced principals lose points on the 268 by answering like the job, not the framework. Here is why the textbook answer wins, and how to catch it.
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What to Do After You Fail the TExES 268
A failing score is not a verdict. Here is how to read your domain report and build a retake plan from the exam's real weights, not a guess.
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Domain II on the TExES 268, Studied on Its Own
Leading Learning is 42 percent of the TExES 268 selected-response section. Here is what it actually covers and the order I would study it in.
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The 268 Pass Rate Nobody Quotes You
Texas programs advertise the pass rate that counts unlimited retakes. TEA publishes both numbers, and the honest one is 61 percent.
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Best Answer, Not Right Answer, on the TExES 268
On the TExES 268, every option looks like something a real principal might do. Here is what actually separates the best answer from the rest.
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How Many Hours to Study for the TExES 268
There is no round number that fits every candidate. Here is how to build your own study hours from the exam's actual weights, not a guess.
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How the TExES 268 Constructed Response Is Scored
The four written responses on the TExES 268, what the rubric actually rewards, and why strong instructional leaders still lose points on them.
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What the TExES 268 Actually Tests
The six domains of the Principal as Instructional Leader exam, what TEA weights each one, and why an even study plan quietly costs you points.
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Instructional Leadership Is Not Observation
Walkthrough counts are an input, not instructional leadership. What the work actually is on a campus, and how Domain II frames it on the TExES 268.
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The Texas Educators Code of Ethics on the 268
What 19 TAC Chapter 247 actually says, how Domain VI builds questions from it, and the difference between a judgment call and a rule.
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