This journal, the first in a new series of publications, consists of guides to instructional materials and articles on subjects of interest to teachers in bilingual education programs. The following articles and regular features appear in this issue: (1) Publications of the National Dissemination and Assessment Center, Los Angeles, a list of selected bilingual curricular and testing materials; (2) Instructional and Resource Materials: Annotations; (3) "Reading and the Bilingual Child," by Doris Ching, an excerpt; (4) The Misinterpretation of Grade Equivalents; (5) Selected Principles on Culture-Fairness in Testing; (6) Test Review: SWRL Proficiency Verification Systems in Mathematics; (7) A Feature Review, Chinese Cultural Heritage in America: Children's Readers of Festivals, includes brief descriptions of the individual booklets in the series; and (8) National Network Highlights, discussing the Asian American Bilingual Center, Berkeley. (AMH)