School Principal Test
Evaluate Principal candidates using this comprehensive pre-employment test.
Pre-Employment Test
Purpose:
Use RA’s School Principal test to find candidates with strong leadership talent. A targeted personality profile identifies key behaviors such as managing others to achieve ambitious goals, inspiring staff, parents, and the community, and strategically guiding the school’s future while building collaborative relationships with key stakeholders. The addition of aptitude and open-ended measures evaluate complex problem-solving abilities, workplace attitudes and motivators.
About This Test:
School Principal Test
$45
- An untimed personality assessment
- An untimed General Cognitive Aptitude Test (includes verbal, numerical, and abstract reasoning)
- An untimed set of open-ended statements to which the candidate has to type in a short answer
What the Report Gives You:
A graphical display of personality trait scores, feedback regarding strengths and developmental concerns, an explanation of aptitude results, a display of narrative responses given to the open-ended statements, and suggested interview questions.
Testing Process:
- Immediate score report upon completion.
- Proctoring desirable but not required.
- The use of mobile phones is discouraged.
Options:
Contact us to learn how we can customize test content to meet your specifications.
Target Group:
Assistant Principal, Elementary School Principal, High School Principal, Middle School Principal, Principal, and School Administrator, among other leadership roles in education settings.
Sample Personality Item:
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I would rather have a job where procedures get updated and improved from time to time even if it means I have to change the way I do things. |
I would rather have a job where I can learn one set of procedures that never change so I don't have to waste time relearning things. |
Sample Questions for General Cognitive Aptitude Test:
Sample verbal reasoning item: House is to dwelling as car is to ____________. | (A) transportation | ||
Sample numerical reasoning item: Which number comes next in this series? 3 6 9 19 22 25 | (A) 32 | ||
Sample abstract reasoning item:
Which figure would come next in the series?
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Sample Question for Open-Ended Statement:
The three things I want most from my job are... |
(Sample questions differ from actual test appearance and do not contain real test content.)
The School Principal Test Evaluates:
| Less Desirable Behaviors | Test Content | Desirable Behaviors |
|---|---|---|
| Slow learner, overwhelmed with complexity | General Cognitive Aptitude | Quick learner, handles challenging tasks well |
| Simplistic thoughts, negative attitudes, grammatical mistakes | Open-ended Statements | Articulate, meaningful comments, expresses positive attitudes, no grammatical mistakes |
| Argumentative, contentious | Agreeableness | Easy to get along with, amiable |
| Does not want to be responsible for the work of others | Assertive Leadership | Comfortable directing and controlling work of others |
| Annoyed by children’s behavior | Attitudes Toward Children | Enjoys being around children |
| Not reliable, undependable | Conscientiousness | Careful to do things properly, goes by the rules |
| Not service minded | Customer Service | Enjoys serving people |
| Overreacts to stress, gets upset easily | Emotional Resilience | Calm, level-headed, handles stress well |
| Prefers to deal with a small number of people | Extroversion | Enjoys interacting with a lot of people |
| Not goal oriented | Goal Setting | Enjoys goals, uses goals regularly |
| Bends rules to suit own purposes | Integrity | Strong moral code |
| Cares mainly about salary and perks | Intrinsic Motivation | Enjoys coming to work |
| Doesn’t feel responsible for how employees feel about their jobs | Managerial Human Relations | Good motivator for others, tries to help others succeed in their careers |
| Does not stay on top of tasks that have been assigned to others | Managerial Task Structuring | Stays on top of details that have been assigned to others |
| Negative attitudes, gives up easily | Optimism | Cheerful, upbeat, persistent |
| Does not get out of his/her office or department often to build relationships | Social Networking | Strives to create effective relationships to serve company’s needs |
| Doesn’t want to coordinate with others | Teamwork | Able to coordinate and work cooperatively |
| Does the minimum | Work Drive | Willing to go the extra mile |
