In 1984-85, the third year of its operation, New York City's Transition Program for Refugee Children (T.P.R.C.) provided funds to 42 public and four non-public schools (each having five or more refugee students). T.P.R.C. provides classes in English as a second language (E.S.L.) and/or content-area instruction with the E.S.L. approach specifically designed to improve English language skills. The program also attempted to acclimate students to American life and culture. Student achievement test results based on Criterion Referenced English Syntax Test (CREST) scores for 1984-85 found that T.P.R.C. students are generally progressing in their knowledge of reading and in mathematics at the same rate as the national norms and exceeded the city-wide criteria of one CREST objective per month of instruction. Students are doing well despite the fact that, while funding for the 1984-85 academic year was decreased by 40 percent compared to the 1983-84 year, the number of participants nearly doubled. (KH)