This booklet describes a research program that developed eight Educational Leadership Appraisal (ELA) exercises specifically relevant to the roles of middle-management personnel in state education agencies (SEAs). ELA is a performance-based procedure for the observation, assessment, and training of leadership behavior in educational managers and administrators. This new SEA/ELA system appraises an individual along 20 leadership dimensions that are grouped into the broader categories of "Management and Organization,""Communication,""Problem-Solving,""Task Orientation," and "Interpersonal Qualities." Behavior along the leadership dimensions is elicited through a set of individual and group situational exercises, role-playing tasks, analysis problems, interviews, and writing and speaking assignments. (Author/JG)