This publication is intended primarily to aid state departments of education in formulating a state policy regarding alternative approaches in education. Section 1 defines and describes public and private educational alternatives and addresses the questions of why and for whom educational alternatives are created. In addition, it discusses the…

The New England Educational Assessment Project was designed to conduct assessments of activities which provide resources for decision-making focused upon current state and regional problems in education. Nine innovative practices that may indicate the nature of educational change in the 1970's were selected from the many excellent projects in New…