Higher demands on administrators have rendered traditional selection methods less adequate. Many schools have responded by adopting assessment centers to identify administrator qualifications. Previous research and contact with assessment centers through letters, phone calls, and a survey furnished the information for this study. Twenty-five of…

Research demonstrates that centers sanctioned by the National Association of Secondary School Principals to assess the job-related proficiency behavior of administrators and candidates for administrative positions generate a significant amount of valuable information about them, have an acceptable level of validity, and are cost-effective. (BJV)