This publication presents a brief description of the Cooperative Research Program of the Office of Education and of the research projects initiated during the fiscal year 1957. More extensive information about the program, especially with regard to the procedure in making application for funds, is provided in a separate brochure available on request. The director of each project initiated under Public Law 531 during fiscal 1957 was asked either to prepare a brief description of his project, or to review a description prepared in the Office of Education. These descriptions, as approved by the project directors, are grouped here according to the problem with which they deal. At the end of each description are given the name of the director or chief investigator and the name of the institution or agency with which the contract for research was made. Also included are the serial number by which the project is identified, the duration of the project, and the approximate beginning and ending dates. An introduction to this bulletin is given by Herbert S. Conrad. [Best copy available has been provided.]