Information and recommendations concerning foreign language in the elementary school (FLES) center about a set of criteria for examining proposals and programs made in 1954. Included among the criteria are the importance of goals and their cooperative development, provision for the mental health of teachers and children, sound teaching-learning principles, good teaching materials, and proper evaluation. Considerable attention is also given to the examination of organizational issues and four different program considerations. Other topics include selection of programs for study, introduction of school language programs, current issues and viewpoints, and facilitating of elementary school language instruction. A bibliography is furnished. (RL)