Acknowledgments.

Chapter One: Developing School Leadership: The Current Challenge.

Chapter Two: Studying Exemplary Programs.

Chapter Three: Preparing New Leaders: What Successful Programs Do.

Chapter Four: Sustaining School Leaders: Supports for On-the-Job Learning.

Chapter Five: Evaluating Programs: What Well-Prepared Principals Know and Are Able to Do.

Chapter 6: Supporting Exemplary Programs.

Chapter 7: Creating Policy for Leadership Development.

Chapter 8: Pulling it All Together: Conclusions and Implications.

Appendix A: Research Methods.

Appendix B: Survey Instruments.

Appendix C: Cross-State Comparisons of Principals' Survey Data.

References.