Administrator certification requirements for student assessment competence

State lever administrator certification requirements were investigated with respect to student assessment expectations. To this end, certification off ices of all 50 states and Washington, DC were asked to supply current admin istrator knowledge and skill requirements. The results show that 18 states require some form of student assessment knowledge and skills. Only Washingt on state precisely requires assessment competencies promulgated by the Nati onal Policy Board for Educational Administration. No state requires assessm ent competencies advocated by the American Association of School Administra tors, National Association of Elementary School Principals, National Associ ation of Secondary School Principals, and the National Council on Measureme nt in Education (1997). These findings suggest that the nation may be produ cing administrators deficient in the student assessment skills needed to me et their professional responsibilities.