This publication provides current descriptions of exemplary educational programs in 15 areas. The term "exemplary program" is conferred only after a project has been approved by the Department of Education's Program Effectiveness Panel. Opening sections of this catalog list the National Goals for Education, offer questions and answers about the volume, list projects approved since the last edition was published, and discuss the role of state facilitators of the National Diffusion Network. The next 15 sections each contain program descriptions grouped under the following general categories: Adult Education; Administration/Organization Arrangements; Alternative Schools/Programs/Bilingual/Migrant; Language Arts/Writing/Literature/Foreign Languages; Mathematics; Multi Disciplinary Skills; Reading; Career/Vocational Education; Early Childhood/Parent Involvement; Gifted & Talented/Technology/Special Interests; Health/Physical Education; Preservice/Inservice Training; Science; Social Science; and Special Education/Learning Disabilities. The individual program descriptions contain information on audience, requirements, services, contact person with address and telephone number, and source of project funds. There is also a section on dissemination processes and one that lists projects whose services are no longer available. Three indexes list projects by state, programs grouped under ERIC descriptors, and projects in alphabetical order. (JB)