This is a summary report of recommendations made at ten multicultural planning conferences conducted by the National Institute of Education in 1974. The purpose of the conferences was to elicit ideas for developing a research agenda from individuals with diverse backgrounds, all of whom had expertise in working with bicultural or bilingual students. Recommendations in the conferences were for the National Institute of Education to support a variety of activities that were grouped under the following areas: (1) professional participation of minorities in policy formulation and research; (2) research themes and investigations related to cultural pluralism; (3) specific research studies in policy, language acquisition, and assessment; (4) research on curriculum; and (5) research on teacher preparation. The most pervasive theme to emerge from the conferences was that education should acknowledge and promote the pluralistic reality of American society. Included are a directory of conference participants and a listing of recommendations by participation groups. (Author/DB)