Abstract
Ever since the origin of public education, stakeholders have scrutinized the
institution of education and its leaders in some form or fashion. This holds true today.
With the publication of A Nation at Risk in 1983, the prominent standards based
education movement was ushered in. This resulted in standards for students, teachers, and
principals. The Interstate School Leaders Licensure Consortium (ISLLC) Standards,
published by the Council of Chief State School Officials (CCSSO) in 1996, provided a
template that many state departments of education and local school districts, along with
colleges and universities, used to develop principal preparation programs and to develop
evaluation tools for school leaders. In addition, these standards have been utilized to
evaluate the work of many educational leaders. The state of Georgia utilized the ISLLC
Standards in the development of 21st century principal preparation programs. The
purpose of this research was to ascertain how relevant the ISLLC Standards were and to
what extent the standards were utilized in developing educational leaders in Georgia.
This research replicated the study conducted by Dr. J. Michel Morrow in 2003 in which
his purpose was to ascertain the relevancy of the ISLLC Standards and the extent to
which the standards were utilized in developing educational leaders in his home state of
Illinois. This research was designed to provide opportunities for continued research of the
ISLLC Standards and the relevancy of the standards in principal preparation programs
throughout the country.