BECAUSE MOST OF THE BEGINNING PHASE OF FEDERAL SUPPORT FOR ENGLISH HAS BEEN COMPLETED, THIS IS IN ONE SENSE A TERMINAL REVIEW OF THE WORK COMPLETED OR NEAR COMPLETION BY THE CURRICULUM STUDY AND DEMONSTRATION CENTERS SUPPORTED BY THE COOPERATIVE RESEARCH PROGRAM OF THE OFFICE OF EDUCATION. AN INTRODUCTION ASSESSES THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE CENTERS' WORK AND THE NDEA SUMMER INSTITUTES IN ENGLISH, DISCUSSES RECENT RELATED PROJECTS, CONFERENCES, AND REPORTS, AND CONSIDERS THE AREAS WHICH NEED PARTICULAR ATTENTION IN THE SECOND PHASE OF FEDERAL SUPPORT TO ENGLISH. INCLUDED IN THE REPORTS ON INDIVIDUAL CENTERS ARE (1) THE REASONS FOR ESTABLISHMENT, (2) THE AREAS OF THEIR CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT, (3) A SUMMARY OF THEIR RESEARCH AND TESTING, AND (4) A DESCRIPTION OF THEIR PRINCIPLES AND THE NATURE OF THEIR CURRICULUM MATERIALS. THIS ARTICLE APPEARED IN THE SEPTEMBER 1967 "PMLA." REPRINTS ARE AVAILABLE FROM THE MATERIALS CENTER, MODERN LANGUAGE ASSOCIATION, 62 FIFTH AVENUE, NEW YORK, N.Y. 10011, ORDER NO. U81, AND THE NATIONAL COUNCIL OF TEACHERS OF ENGLISH, 508 SOUTH SIXTH STREET, CHAMPAIGN, ILL. 61820, ORDER NO. 01152. (DL)