This Education Consolidation and Improvement Act (ECIA), Chapter II project combined acquisition of instructional equipment with teacher training to improve the geographic skills of students in grades six through eight in the Dade County Public Schools, Florida. Map and globe materials from three different publishers (the George F. Cram Company, the Nystrom Company, and Rand McNally) were purchased and applied for this purpose. One teacher from each of the district's 47 middle and junior high schools was trained in the use of specific materials through the district's teacher education center, assisted by publishers' representatives. One class in each participating school was taught a four-week unit in geographic skills. Evaluation was by the National Council for Geographic Education Competency-Based Geography Test, Intermediate Level. Acceptable data were obtained from 35 schools. Pretest to posttest gains were significant at all schools. Analysis of the effect of publishers' materials indicated that the materials published by the George F. Cram Company were more effective in grades six and seven than the other publishers' materials. (Author/MDE)