Fourteen commissioned papers and studies on issues relating to career education are summarized. The purpose of these papers was to assess, monitor, and report on the condition of career education as a reform movement in the United States, and to recommend to Congress appropriate legislation for the furtherance of career education. Four papers on the efficacy of career education focused on career awareness, academic achievement, career decision-making, and other ways of assessing effectiveness. Eight papers were commissioned to help the Council identify the various Federal and state legislative authorizations for career education related activities. The topics are: "Key Concepts in Career Education: Legislative and Policy Issues,""Career Education: An Idea Whose Time Has Come,""Proposals for Career Education Legislation,""Career Education and the Future,""An Analysis of Federal Legislation Bearing on Career Education,""The Implementation and Administration of a Federal Career Education Program,""An Analysis of State Laws on Career Education and Pending State Legislation," and "Analysis and Synthesis of Existing Career Education Legislation." Additional papers are entitled: "Review and Synthesis of Research Concerning Career Education" and "The Emerging History of Career Education." (TA)