This document describes the work planned by the National Center for Research in Vocational Education (NCRVE), University of California, Berkeley, for 1990. Part I provides research project descriptions in six issue areas as follows: (1) context, goals, planning, and evaluation; (2) curriculum and instructional methods; (3) vocational education for special populations; (4) the development of personnel in vocational education; (5) the delivery system of vocational education and training; and (6) governance and policy. Part II describes the eight service functions of the NCRVE as follows: (1) centerwide 50-state survey; (2) advanced study center for leadership development; (3) leadership development in vocational education--preparing vocational education administrators; (4) inservice education; (5) technical assistance for special populations program; (6) dissemination; (7) technical assistance for planning and evaluation; and (8) relationships between vocational education and the Job Training Partnership Act. An index and a listing of NCRVE subcontractors is included. (CML)