This report is an indicator summary, synopsizing the state of education, monitoring important developments, and showing trends in major aspects of education. It contains a sampling of charts of the 44 indicators in "The Condition of Education, 2002." Graphs depict past and projected trends in early childhood education programs; past and projected elementary and secondary school enrollments; poverty among school-aged children; past and projected undergraduate enrollments; mathematics performance of students in grades 4, 8, and 12; poverty and student achievement; trends in the achievement gap in reading between white and black students; international comparisons of reading literacy; 12th-graders' effort and interest in school; status dropout rates, by race/ethnicity; immediate transition to college; high school academic preparation and postsecondary progress; trends in science and mathematics course-taking; inclusion of students with disabilities in regular classrooms; parental choice of schools; academic background of college graduates who enter and leave teaching; perceived impact of work on postsecondary learning; student participation in distance education; status of women and minority faculty; public effort to fund education; change in public-school revenue sources; and international comparisons of expenditures for education. (RT)