This report provides a detailed description and analysis of the ESEA Title 5 Regional Curriculum Project undertaken by Alabama, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee. The ultimate purpose of the project was to find ways of strengthening the instructional leadership roles of the six participating State departments of education in facilitating desirable change in local school systems. The report describes the project's history, activities, and impact, and makes observations and recommendations. Project activities described include local school projects, studies of State departments of education and factors of educational environment, study of the role of the consultant, an attitude survey, study of State curriculum guides, study of the use of media by consultants, workshops, development of a four-State curriculum guide for English, a research role study, study of teacher aides in South Carolina, study of role self-perception in the North Carolina State Department of Education, the role of local school supervisors in Florida, and study of local school innovations in Alabama. (TT)