In the 1971-1972 school year, the Alternative Learning Center Program, originally funded in the 1970-71 school year under Title I, Elementary Secondary Education Act, was expanded to include eight centers, each intended to serve 25 youngsters. Seven of these centers were operationally funded through carryover funds under the Tydings Amendment to Title I, E.S.E.A. The eighth center was operationally funded under Title III, E.S.E.A. The clientele could be described generally as acting out, underachieving inner-city youngsters in grades eight through 12, who were identified as having some latent degree of academic potential. Designed to provide these secondary school youngsters with nontraditional opportunities to complete their education, the overall program was evaluated in terms of five specific objectives: academic performance, student behavioral change, the development of self-image, and work-study relationships. In terms of the stated criteria, no one objective was attained by the program as a whole. When the data were further analyzed on a team basis, in only one instance did a team attain the criterion level specified, and this on only one of the four test variables presented. It should be noted that the quality and quantity of the data submitted presented an unusual number of problems. (Author/JM)