Presented are an overview booklet, a project selection guide, and six Project Information Packages (PIPs) for six exemplary projects serving underachieving students in grades k through 9. The overview booklet outlines the PIP projects and includes a chart of major project features. A project selection guide reviews the PIP history, PIP contents, considerations in selecting and using the project description booklets, and various PIP components (such as instructional procedures, management/communication, costs, organization, personnel, and materials/equipment). Six booklets individually cover the following projects: Project Catch-up, a reading and math project for children in kindergarten through sixth grade which takes place in an unstructured environment; Project Conquest, a reading project for second through sixth graders and first grade repeaters which involves individualized instruction; High Intensity Tutoring, a cross-age tutoring project involving sixth, seventh, and eighth graders in which programed and drill materials are used; Intensive Reading Instructional Teams, a reading project for third and some fourth graders which features individualized instruction based on diagnosis; Programed Tutorial Reading, an individualized tutoring program for first graders having difficulty learning to read; and Project R-3, a motivational program in reading, mathematics, and social studies for junior high school students which involves gaming, simulation, individualized instruction, learning contracts, and field trips. (SBH)