This document is a compilation of separate papers concerning the planned 1990 recompetition for the nine Regional Educational Laboratories, sponsored by the Office of Educational Research and Improvement (OERI) of the U.S. Department of Education, as follows: (1) "Report of the Laboratory Review Panel on the 1987 Review of Laboratories" (October 6, 1987) (19p.); (2) "Report of the Laboratory Review Panel on the Pending Laboratory Recompetition" (April 28, 1989) (24p.); (3) "Classroom and School Research: Investments in Enhancing Schools" (Thomas Good) (94p.); (4) "Regional Educational Laboratories: History and Prospect" (James Guthrie) (25p.); (5) "Policy Paper on the Program of Regional Educational Laboratories: The Perspectives of a Chief State School Officer" (David Hornbeck) (35p.); (6) "The Future Direction of Regional Educational Laboratories in Contributing to Urban School Improvement" (Floretta McKenzie) (12p.); (7) "School and Classroom Improvement in Two European Countries" (Neville Postlethwaite) (18p.); (8) "A Comparison of Service Modes in ED's (Department of Education's) Technical Assistance Programs" (Brenda Turnbull) (24p.); (9) "Regional Educational Laboratories: The Strategy of Usable Ignorance" (William Dunn) (36p.); (10) "Regional Educational Laboratory Approaches to Educational Improvement: A Descriptive Synthesis" (Ward Mason) (223p.). Appended, but not available separately, are the following: (11) "Federal Register" notice about the recompetition (June 23, 1989) (2p.); (12) Fact Sheet about individual laboratories with chart of laboratory regions (37p.); (13) Summary report and transcripts of invitational planning meetings (23p.); and (14) Transcripts of public meetings held on June 26, June 27, July 19, and July 21, 1989 (319p.). (JD)