This handbook addresses the most frequently asked questions about international travel and exchange and gives suggestions to help parents, students, and school personnel avoid some of the problems arising from exchange activity. Chapters include information about: criteria for evaluating and selecting foreign travel and study programs; administrative considerations relating to foreign students in United States secondary schools, including information specifically applicable in Washington State; selected problem areas including language proficiency, the granting and honoring of diplomas, rating foreign student exchange sponsoring organizations, and sending students abroad; problem prevention in student exchange situations; and sources of information and assistance. Appended materials include general information on language tests and testing, United States International Communication Agency criteria for sponsors of programs bringing teenage visitors to the United States, and a copy of the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service Certificate of Eligibility for Non-Immigrant Student Status for academic and language students. (MSE)