AEPA Principal exam 2025/2026 Update

In Arizona, a primary role of the State Board of Education is to: - ANS-set minimum
curriculum and competency requirements for high school graduation.
The goals that have been articulated for an elementary school include ensuring that all
students have equitable access to the curriculum. Which of the following approaches
would best help the principal evaluate how well this goal is being achieved? - ANSexamining disaggregated results from recent assessments
A principal is working with staff to create and implement plans to achieve goals for
improved student learning. In this context, the principal would most appropriately
encourage staff members to conduct research into what other schools are doing as a
way to facilitate which of the following processes? - ANS-identifying effective action
steps to remedy school issues identified through data analysis
A recently appointed principal must create a new vision for a school where student
performance on all academic measures has been declining for some time. The principal
knows that the current level of parent/guardian and community participation in the life of
the school is very low, as is overall stakeholder support for the school. The principal
expects that creating and implementing a new vision in this context will be challenging.
Which of the following strategies used by the principal would best help ensure that the
new vision will have broad stakeholder support? - ANS-creating multiple opportunities
for individuals from diverse segments of the community to participate in various stages
of the visioning process
Last year a principal led teachers in implementing a plan to incorporate a specific set of
research- based techniques into their instruction. The goal of the plan was to increase
students' motivation and engagement in learning. This year during classroom
observations, the principal sees that a few teachers have modified their use of the
prescribed techniques in ways that depart somewhat from the original guidelines. The
principal can best respond by first: - ANS-evaluating the effectiveness of the teachers'
modifications to the new techniques in addressing the school's improvement goals.
An elementary school has been trying a new approach to math instruction during the
past couple of years, but the results have been disappointing. The principal is putting
together a team to consider this problem and identify possible solutions. At first, the
team was going to include the principal, an assistant principal, teachers from different
grade levels, and the district math coordinator. The principal then decided to include a
representative group of parents/guardians as well. Which of the following is likely to be
the most important benefit of the principal's decision? - ANS-expanding the range of
perspectives and ideas that will be brought to the problem-solving process