TEXES 268 PRACTICE TEST QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS
2025 GRADED A+
✔✔Constructed Response Question 2 - ✔✔Principal assists teachers as they plan for
instruction.
Teachers used the standards, selected resources, and state exam release items to
create a unit.
Expect to see an exit ticket as part of unit resources. Student data may not be available.
✔✔Parts of constructive response Question 2 - ✔✔Identify two important areas in need
of improvement
Justify why you selected each area
Create exemplar that can be used to determine a high-quality example of one identified
area needing improvement.
Tell how to use exemplar to coach teachers in the area of needing improvement.
✔✔Two areas in need of improvement for Constructive Response Question 2. -
✔✔Pacing-check for more difficult concepts being allotted more time for explicit
instruction and practice.
Instructional Strategies check that any identified instructional strategies allow for
modeling, practice, formative assessment, and reteaching.
✔✔Justify Constuctive Response quesiton 2. - ✔✔Area 1-Justify provide two forms of
evidence.
Area 2-Justify provide two forms of evidence.
Be extremely clear with your justification. Identify specific exit ticket number. TEKS,
days of instruction, etc.
✔✔Creating an Exemplar for Constructive Response question 2. - ✔✔Curriculum or
Content Expert Write a better Exit Ticket.
Everyone else use your other area of improvement (pacing guide).
✔✔How to use the Exemplar in Constructive Response question 2. - ✔✔State the
obvious ( How does this help the teacher now? How does this help the teacher later?)
Mention impact on student learning and tie it to your areas of focus (repeat words
alignment and rigor, keep it real).
✔✔Constructed Response Question 3 - ✔✔Principal will with a teacher who has
analyzed student data.
Data Sources: Exit Ticket responses or similar evidence of how students performed in
formative assessment situations.
Teacher will be sharing a teacher made plan for reteaching.
Expect the teacher to misunderstand or misinterpret the data and how it should inform
their instruction.
, ✔✔Parts of question 3 constructive response. - ✔✔What are the two high-leverage
questions that the principal should ask the teacher to help improve analysis of the data
in order to improve the teacher's current plan?
Explain how each question can be used to help inform the teacher's instructional
practice and improve student learning.
✔✔Order of the response for constructive response question 3. - ✔✔High-Leverage
question followed by two forms of evidence and an explanation.
High-leverage question followed by two forms of evidence and an explanation.
✔✔High-Leverage questions for constructive response question 3. - ✔✔How did you
use the data from question 1 to determine the content students did not understand and
use that to inform your plan?
How well do you think students demonstrated the ability to use textual evidence to
support their claim, and how could you improve your plan to address this area of need?
Why do you think that a few students choose the correct option in the first Exit Ticket
question and what is your rationale for re-teaching the lesson to the whole class?
✔✔Additional possible high-leverage questions for constructive response 3. - ✔✔Why
do you think few students were able to respond to the Exit Ticket question 2 correctly?
Why do you think students performed better on the Exit Ticket question on
_____________________________ than they did on the question about
_________________________________.
✔✔What is meant by Data + Plan = Success. - ✔✔When unsure what to ask include
something from the data analysis plus something from the teachers plan. (Which
concept appears to be the most confusing to students, and how does your plan address
that challenge? How do the responses to the open-ended question inform your plan?)
✔✔Evidence and Expectations - ✔✔Tie evidence and reason together. I'm asking this
because this result or plan was not good.
Be specific use the item numbers.
State the obvious it will help now and in the future.
My Why will include teachers, instructional practice, and student learning.
✔✔Overall for constructive response question 3. - ✔✔Write one great question with two
pieces of evidence and one reason for the question.
✔✔Constructed Response question 4. - ✔✔Provide advice to a principal facing a
campus-wide barrier with school culture and achievement.
Identify the most important focus for improvement and create a multi-step plan to
address the issues.
See LOTS of campus level data, such as campus improvement plans, student
achievement data, behavior reports, stakeholder surveys, needs assessment, notes
form superintendent or former principal, etc.
2025 GRADED A+
✔✔Constructed Response Question 2 - ✔✔Principal assists teachers as they plan for
instruction.
Teachers used the standards, selected resources, and state exam release items to
create a unit.
Expect to see an exit ticket as part of unit resources. Student data may not be available.
✔✔Parts of constructive response Question 2 - ✔✔Identify two important areas in need
of improvement
Justify why you selected each area
Create exemplar that can be used to determine a high-quality example of one identified
area needing improvement.
Tell how to use exemplar to coach teachers in the area of needing improvement.
✔✔Two areas in need of improvement for Constructive Response Question 2. -
✔✔Pacing-check for more difficult concepts being allotted more time for explicit
instruction and practice.
Instructional Strategies check that any identified instructional strategies allow for
modeling, practice, formative assessment, and reteaching.
✔✔Justify Constuctive Response quesiton 2. - ✔✔Area 1-Justify provide two forms of
evidence.
Area 2-Justify provide two forms of evidence.
Be extremely clear with your justification. Identify specific exit ticket number. TEKS,
days of instruction, etc.
✔✔Creating an Exemplar for Constructive Response question 2. - ✔✔Curriculum or
Content Expert Write a better Exit Ticket.
Everyone else use your other area of improvement (pacing guide).
✔✔How to use the Exemplar in Constructive Response question 2. - ✔✔State the
obvious ( How does this help the teacher now? How does this help the teacher later?)
Mention impact on student learning and tie it to your areas of focus (repeat words
alignment and rigor, keep it real).
✔✔Constructed Response Question 3 - ✔✔Principal will with a teacher who has
analyzed student data.
Data Sources: Exit Ticket responses or similar evidence of how students performed in
formative assessment situations.
Teacher will be sharing a teacher made plan for reteaching.
Expect the teacher to misunderstand or misinterpret the data and how it should inform
their instruction.
, ✔✔Parts of question 3 constructive response. - ✔✔What are the two high-leverage
questions that the principal should ask the teacher to help improve analysis of the data
in order to improve the teacher's current plan?
Explain how each question can be used to help inform the teacher's instructional
practice and improve student learning.
✔✔Order of the response for constructive response question 3. - ✔✔High-Leverage
question followed by two forms of evidence and an explanation.
High-leverage question followed by two forms of evidence and an explanation.
✔✔High-Leverage questions for constructive response question 3. - ✔✔How did you
use the data from question 1 to determine the content students did not understand and
use that to inform your plan?
How well do you think students demonstrated the ability to use textual evidence to
support their claim, and how could you improve your plan to address this area of need?
Why do you think that a few students choose the correct option in the first Exit Ticket
question and what is your rationale for re-teaching the lesson to the whole class?
✔✔Additional possible high-leverage questions for constructive response 3. - ✔✔Why
do you think few students were able to respond to the Exit Ticket question 2 correctly?
Why do you think students performed better on the Exit Ticket question on
_____________________________ than they did on the question about
_________________________________.
✔✔What is meant by Data + Plan = Success. - ✔✔When unsure what to ask include
something from the data analysis plus something from the teachers plan. (Which
concept appears to be the most confusing to students, and how does your plan address
that challenge? How do the responses to the open-ended question inform your plan?)
✔✔Evidence and Expectations - ✔✔Tie evidence and reason together. I'm asking this
because this result or plan was not good.
Be specific use the item numbers.
State the obvious it will help now and in the future.
My Why will include teachers, instructional practice, and student learning.
✔✔Overall for constructive response question 3. - ✔✔Write one great question with two
pieces of evidence and one reason for the question.
✔✔Constructed Response question 4. - ✔✔Provide advice to a principal facing a
campus-wide barrier with school culture and achievement.
Identify the most important focus for improvement and create a multi-step plan to
address the issues.
See LOTS of campus level data, such as campus improvement plans, student
achievement data, behavior reports, stakeholder surveys, needs assessment, notes
form superintendent or former principal, etc.
