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PASL Performance Assessment for School Leaders — VIP Practice Exam

PASL — The PASL (Performance Assessment for School Leaders) is a performance-based licensure assessment developed by Pearson and adopted by multiple U.S. states (including Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, and Ohio) for initial principal/school administrator licensure. The real PASL consists of scenario-based tasks scored holistically by trained raters against Professional Standards for Educational Leaders (PSEL); this practice exam mirrors the knowledge domains and scenario complexity of those tasks in a multiple-choice format.

28
Questions
90m
Time Limit
70.00%
To Pass
Question 1 of 28👑 VIP

A newly appointed principal at a Title I elementary school reviews disaggregated state assessment data and finds that English Language Learners (ELLs) are scoring 22 percentage points below the school average in reading comprehension, while their math scores are within 5 points of the school average. The outgoing principal attributed this gap to 'language barriers that teachers can't control.' As the new principal, which of the following represents the most appropriate FIRST action to address this achievement gap?

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