Presented in the third of four volumes on the Home-Oriented Preschool Education Program are the rating scale responses of a National Panel and Appalachian Panel of Child Development Scholars to five categories of behavioral competencies for normal preschool children. Specific and general comments of panel members are reported for each skill statement. Listed are the 18 members of the National Panel and the 13 members of the Appalachian Panel of Child Development Scholars. Also provided is the parent rating scale of child competencies sent to approximately 950 parents of Appalachian preschoolers. (CL)