This document reports and interprets the survey data produced by the National Center for Education Statistics regarding course offerings and enrollments in secondary speech communication courses in 1961 and 1973. The purpose of assessing this data was to help identify the states with model programs, identify the values shown in standard-setting programs, and inform college-level speech communication curriculum planners of what their counterparts at the high school level are teaching. Using the survey data, the 50 states are ranked according to tradition, scope, availability, and popularity of course offerings. Survey results indicate that the status of the speech communication field appears to be improving in the secondary school, but that the "back-to-basics" movement and the conservative, occupational focus on college campuses appear to be unfriendly forces. The document concludes that teachers, school district policy makers, and state and regional associations need to improve the status of course offerings in each state so that significant interaction at the intrapersonal, interpersonal, group, or public level will not be lost. Detailed tables of state rankings are included. (CC)