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National Leadership Standards For the past two years, the National Policy Board for Educational Administration (NPBEA) Interstate School Leaders Licensure Consortium (ISLLC) Steering Committee has been working to revise the ISLLC Standards. The new standards renamed the Educational Leadership Policy Standards: ISLLC 2008 As Adopted by the NPBEA were approved by the NPBEA Executive Board on December 12, 2007. As a part of the revised standards, a representative sample of research that supports each standard is included. The research base contains both empirical research as well as "craft knowledge." - Educational Leadership Policy Standards: ISLLC 2008 - Educational Leadership Policy Standards - Research-based Edition - Empirical Studies Research that Anchor the ELCC Standards to Effective Leadership Why the Field Needs Standards Standards serve different purposes. The new standards are designed to serve as broad national policy standards that states use as a national model for developing their own standards. The National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE) Educational Leadership Constituent Council (ELCC) Program Standards guide planning, implementing, and accrediting of administrator preparation programs. Assessment standards provide test specifications to determine how licensed administrators should demonstrate entry-level knowledge and skills. Evaluation standards guide how practicing administrators should be evaluated as they move toward expert performance. Practice standards can be used to establish professional career plans and guide professional development as leaders demonstrate continuous improvement toward expert performance. The NPBEA Steering Committee followed a four phase plan in revising the standards. In Phase I, each NPBEA organization identified a strategy to obtain membership input regarding the revision of the ISLLC Standards. In Phase II, the NPBEA Steering Committee created a national Research Panel to represent scholars in the field of educational administration and experts on state administrator policies. The Research Panel identified the research base for updating the ISLLC Standards and articulating the research base for users of the updated standards that will continue to be updated. In Phase III, the NPBEA Steering Committee gathered feedback from NPBEA member organizations, other interested groups such as: NSDC, NGA, SREB, ISTE and the Research Panel and constructed a revised draft of the updated Educational Leadership Policy Standards: ISLLC 2008 to recommend to the NPBEA Executive Board. As part of the process of augmenting the updated standards, the Council of Chief State School Officers has been working with state education agency (SEA) constituents in the Interstate Consortium on School Leadership. Member states made updating the ISLLC Standards and augmenting them for state uses their top priority. These states have committed to a broad process of engaging stakeholders and constituents within states with a systemic focus on improving state policies and strategies based on leadership standards.

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