Review the Praxis School Leaders Licensure Assessment (SLLA) (6990) exam outline, content-area weights and the TeacherPreps school leadership study guide lessons for this exam.

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Praxis School Leaders Licensure Assessment (SLLA) (6990): Study Guide

Exam facts

Exam: Praxis School Leaders Licensure Assessment (SLLA) (6990)
State / jurisdiction: Multiple States
Credential area: School principal
Delivery: Computer delivered
Questions: 120 selected-response questions; 4 constructed-response questions
Testing time: 240 minutes (4 hours)

The test has two separately timed sections: 165 minutes for the selected-response questions and 75 minutes for the constructed-response questions.

Praxis School Leaders Licensure Assessment (SLLA) (6990) study guide lessons

The TeacherPreps study guide for this exam has 55 lessons organized by chapter, each written for the content areas above. The first lesson, Mission, vision, core values, and priorities, is free to read without a membership.

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What this exam covers

This outline summarizes the content areas in the publisher framework. Use it as a study checklist, and follow the source links below for the full framework.

1. Strategic Leadership (13%)

Topics to review

Mission, vision, goals, and values
A shared commitment to student success
Stakeholder participation and ownership
Evidence and goal selection
The principal’s leadership role
Alignment of plans and resources
Policy context and implementation
Resources consulted and critical questions asked when building mission, vision, and goals
Gathering a useful evidence base
Diagnosing strengths, needs, and gaps
Setting priorities and measurable goals
Collaborative planning and decisions
Designing the improvement plan
Selecting defensible improvement strategies
Managing change and supporting people
Barriers, competing demands, and uncertainty
Monitoring, evaluating, and revising
Communication, alignment, and accountability
Strategic planning process as named steps
Baselines, benchmarks, targets, and progress monitoring
Patterns, trends, and root causes in school data
Policy and the school’s direction

2. Instructional Leadership (17%)

Topics to review

Coherent curriculum design
Alignment across classrooms and grade levels
Research and evidence for instructional decisions
Learning theories and child and adolescent development
Literacy and numeracy across grade levels
Differentiation, intervention, and student needs
Language, culture, and learner strengths
Disability supports and instructional access
Technology, digital literacy, and responsible participation
Academic and nonacademic program coordination
School structures that affect instruction
Instructional implementation and program improvement
College, career, and civic readiness
Emerging trends and developments affecting instruction
Assessment purposes, strengths, and limits
Sound assessment design and selection
Multiple sources of learning evidence
Disaggregation, gaps, and bias
Using evidence to adjust instruction
Evaluating programs and instructional outcomes
Assessment and educator development
Accountability systems
Collaborative data use and assessment capacity
Feedback, reporting, and data tools
Purposes and models of supervision
Instructional expectations and evaluation criteria
Gathering multiple forms of evidence
Interpreting evidence and identifying needs
Actionable feedback and coaching conversations
Individual growth and improvement plans
Adult learning and differentiated professional development
Professional learning tied to student evidence
Job-embedded learning and resource support
Professional learning communities
Individual professional growth
Formats for professional learning: seminars, book studies, workshops, and coaching
Innovation, reflection, and action research
Teacher leadership and distributed responsibility
Evaluating professional learning
The principal’s own professional growth
Professional health and ethical learning practices
Work-life balance and well-being for staff
Leadership pipelines, emerging-leader mentoring, and succession

3. Climate and Cultural Leadership (13%)

Topics to review

Language, culture, and learner strengths
Student placement and access to the curriculum
Disaggregation, gaps, and bias
High expectations and shared commitments
Trust, respect, and collegial relationships
Safe reflection, voice, and innovation
Collaboration and collective responsibility
Staff care, health, and sustainable work
Consistent expectations and accountability
Assessing and improving school culture
Culture within its community context
Equity, access, and high expectations
Cultural and linguistic assets
Implicit and institutional bias
Evidence of unequal outcomes
Responsive curriculum, instruction, and assessment
Equitable behavior management and conflict resolution
Equitable staffing and professional opportunity
Inclusive leadership and public responsibility
A caring and personalized learning environment
Academic, developmental, and engagement needs
Coherent systems of student support
Behavior expectations and positive behavior support
Bullying, harassment, and conflict prevention
Trauma and adverse experiences
Access, accommodations, and specialized needs
Nonacademic opportunities and community services
Safety, wellness, and support during crises
Monitoring student support and school climate
Gifted education and talent development
Leadership capacity and management of staff
Motivating, recognizing, and celebrating staff by career stage
Job-embedded learning and resource support
Innovation, reflection, and action research
Team building, trust, and shared responsibility among staff
Work-life balance and well-being for staff
School and community traditions, cultural history, and events
Physical and emotional safety
Health, counseling, and welfare services
Lawful safety and discipline practices
Investigations, misconduct, and complaints

4. Ethical Leadership (12%)

Topics to review

Equitable staffing and professional opportunity
Inclusive leadership and public responsibility
Fairness and diversity in personnel decisions
Sources and application of education law
Rights, due process, and fair procedures
Privacy, confidentiality, and information security
Equal access and nondiscrimination
Disability education and educational plans
Reporting, supervision, and liability
Lawful operations, facilities, and finance
Investigations, misconduct, and complaints
Open government and professional regulation
Monitoring compliance and communicating requirements
Professional values and moral responsibility
A defensible ethical decision process
Equity and access in ethical decisions
Transparency and reason giving
Democracy, community, and social justice
Reflection and ethical leadership commitments
Protecting rights and confidentiality in ethical practice
Modeling professional conduct
Developing shared professional norms
Accountability and responses to misconduct
Digital citizenship and professional technology use
Inclusive and respectful professional relationships
Reflection, consistency, and ethical culture

5. Organizational Leadership (10%)

Topics to review

Equitable staffing and professional opportunity
Nonacademic opportunities and community services
Monitoring student support and school climate
Staffing needs and workforce planning
Recruitment and candidate selection
Strategic assignment and scheduling
Induction, mentoring, and retention
Leadership capacity and management of staff
Facilities use and program coordination
Data and information systems
Technology and communication systems
Security, privacy, and compliance
Operational evaluation and improvement
Resources and organizational capacity
Community use of school facilities
Needs-based and collaborative budgeting
Equitable allocation and resource alignment
Records, reporting, and internal controls
Monitoring budgets and evaluating resource use
Ethical and lawful stewardship
Multiyear resource plans and annual budgets
Physical and emotional safety
Facilities, equipment, and inspections
Security procedures and prevention
Collaborative safety planning
Emergency and crisis management
Health, counseling, and welfare services
Safety communication and external coordination
Documenting communication of safety expectations

6. Community Engagement Leadership (10%)

Topics to review

Inclusive leadership and public responsibility
Research methods for diverse student and community dynamics
Nonacademic opportunities and community services
Welcoming and accessible participation
Families’ knowledge and educational roles
Trusting relationships with families
Supporting learning at home and school
Family voice in decisions and improvement
Coordinating school, family, and community support
Learning opportunities for parents and community adults
Audience, purpose, and communication choices
Two-way communication and listening
Consensus, negotiation, and shared commitment
Conflict and competing interests
Community context and responsiveness
Public information and media relations
Reporting progress and celebrating contributions
Communication during improvement and safety work
Transparency, confidentiality, and advocacy
Community assets and needs
Building and sustaining partnerships
Health, social, and family services
Mutual benefit and shared resources
Mobilizing and sustaining resources
Representative participation and engagement
Fair access and appropriate agreements
Evaluating partnerships and communicating value
School and community traditions, cultural history, and events
Policy and the school’s direction
Advocacy and influence

7. Analysis Constructed Response (CR) (25%)

Topics to review

Analysis Constructed Response (CR)

This exam also includes written responses (4 constructed-response questions). The free diagnostic and Exam Builder practice cover multiple-choice content only.

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Publisher sources

Checked November 7, 2026. Content areas and weights come from the exam framework; administrative details come from the publisher test pages.

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