This collection of studies represents collaboration between the Departments of Education of the University of Wales Swansea and the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse. The papers are as follows: (1) "Analysing the Social Climate of Schools and Classrooms" (Robert W. Bilby); (2) "Reading Whose World?" (Diane Cannon); (3) "The National Council of Teachers of Mathematics' Standards: Systemic Change for the Twenty-first Century" (M. Elizabeth Cason); (4) "Developing Baseline Assessment: A Useful Tool or a Necessary Evil?" (Gill Harper-Jones); (5) "A Critical Analysis of Identification, Evaluation, Placement and Programming Processes for Students in the United States Who Are Identified as Having Exceptional Needs" (Hal Hiebert); (6) "The Effects of Recent Government Policy on the Provision of English Language Instruction for Children of Ethnic Minorities in South Wales" (Graham Howells); (7) "Cooperative Learning in the Workshop: Integrating Social Skills, Group Roles and Processing to Facilitate Learning in the Integrated Language Arts Classroom" (Carol A. Kirk); (8) "Issues and Concerns: Meeting Needs of Teachers Who Work with At-Risk Youth" (Bob Krajewski); (9) "Inservice Education for Teachers through the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse Continuing Education and Extension" (Barbara Manthei); (10) "Reconnecting Educators: The Responsibility of University Faculty to Public School Faculty--a UW-La Crosse Case Study" (James R. Parker); (11) "Education Policy Making in Wales: A Research Agenda" (Robert Phillips); (12) "Issues and Trends in American Education from the Perspective of an Educator/Student" (Marilyn Pitzner); (13) "Developing Thinking Skills in Mathematics" (Sonia Jones and Howard Tanner); and (14) "The Role of the Subject Head of Department in Secondary Schools--A Neglected Area of School Effectiveness Research?" (C. K. Turner). (ND)