The newly implemented California Administrator Performance Assessment (CalAPA) expects future administrators to create more equitable schools. The CalAPA's mandate toward equity creates an imperative to further explore what is meant by equity and how administrative candidates can become effective equity-minded leaders. This literature review explores models of equity (Nussbaum, 2011; Rawls, 1971 & 2001; Sen 2009) relevant to the CalAPA and, towards developing effective equity minded leaders, offers critique of the models, with suggestions of key principles equity minded leaders might apply in practice.