This report briefly describes and analyzes several of the most frequently used techniques for depicting trends and making projections of education statistics. Each technique is described simply and nontechnically, with its uses and shortcomings, and a step-by-step analytical and graphic example and explanation. Projection techniques described include such methods as the freehand, semiaverage, average of period, moving average, least squares, ratio, and cohort-survival. (Author/JG)