This one-page abstract describes a report titled "Microcomputers in Special Education: Beyond Drill and Practice" by Susan Russell, which focuses on a project that created a consortium to promote research, training, and dissemination in learner-centered software for elementary and middle-school students with learning disabilities and emotional disorders. Members of the consortium included the Technical Education Research Center, Lesley College (a teacher training institution in Cambridge, Massachusetts), the Massachusetts Department of Education, local education agencies, and members of the research community. Activities carried out by the consortium have included: (1) a national survey of teachers and administrators on the use of learner-centered software; (2) identification of promising practices; (3) establishment of a local special interest group of educators using learner-centered software; (4) development of a practicum course in the use of such software; (5) establishment of research collaborations to explore such activities as using word processors to teach writing, involving learning-disabled students in scientific investigations, and teaching below-grade-level children to understand mathematical concepts without the burden of calculation; and (6) preparation of a handbook for special educators. (JDD)