Prepared by the Overton County Rural Education Improvement Project Director for Overton County, Tennessee, this 8-section report covers the period from July 1, 1971 to June 30, 1972. Section 1 provides demographic and school data which includes the current county population, industrial expansion in the county, and the current school population. Section 2 reports on project interventions. Projects for communication skills development, family involvement, cultural enrichment, integrated vocational education (building trades), nonprofessional aide service, and teacher education are evaluated. Verbal and graphical presentations of pre- and post-testing in communication and computation skill development (K-12) are included in sections 3 through 6. Special projects for remedial reading (grades 2-11) and building trades (grades 11-12) are described in section 7. The financial report in section 8 presents general and detailed disbursements and available funds for 1971-72. Appendix A displays special events in the in-service education programs, while appendix B presents the project's governing board. (HBC)