The results of a field study, a controlled experiment, and clinical observations on the educational effects of "Sesame Street" on Israeli children are summarized in this report. An overview section presents the general format and major findings, the next section describes the background setting of the studies, a method section covers the procedures used. The measures, their administration, and the encouragement treatment of the field study are discussed in the next sections. A results section presents the main findings of the three studies, concluding that the findings showed a very strong effect of Sesame Street on most of the ability measures employed, but that the observed effects of the program were due mainly to the intelligent viewing of it. (SH)