This bulletin contains five essays on the theme of expanding the challenge of improving the quality of education to encompass the curricular, administrative, institutional, and teaching levels. The articles include: (1) "Educational Assessment Systems in Latin America: A Review of Issues and Recent Experience" (Robin Horn; Laurence Wolf; Eduardo Velez); (2) "Programme to Improve the Quality of Primary Schools in Poor Areas: A Chilean Experience" (MINEDUC Chile); (3) "Bilingual Education Beyond National Frontiers, Bolivian-Peruvian Cooperation" (Luis Enrique Lopez; Lucia D'Emilio); (4) "New Assignments for Technical and Professional High School Education: Guidelines and Strategies" (Maria de Ibarrola); and (5) "Functional Illiteracy Requirements in Youth and Adults: Education and Work in a Small Developing State" (Olabisi Kuboni). (EH)