The general purposes of the present project were: (1) to develop a multifaceted special education system for providing maximum educational support to children regardless of their classification, (2) to demonstrate this alternative through a noncategorical educational model involving regular and special education in management plans for children regardless of variance in their abilities. The target population consisted of approximately 400 Caucasian, inner-city elementary school students in a large midwestern city, whose general academic performance was severely depressed. The model was to augment the specific instructional skills of the classroom teachers in working with given children or groups of children. Classroom teachers received instruction in building, implementing, and recording the specific instructional activities, concepts, and/or reinforcement techniques for their classroom; the teachers received university credit for implementing these procedures and recording the target behaviors in the classroom. The project was designed to provide a resource center where teachers could seek guidance, suggestions, assistance, and additional materials. Also, a child could be taken there for a brief period each day to be worked with by the project staff. (Author/JM)