THIS PROJECT WAS PRIMARILY CONCERNED WITH DEVELOPING A CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A NATIONAL PROGRAM IN EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION. A SECOND OBJECTIVE WAS TO TRANSLATE THE THEORETICAL RATIONALE INTO AN OPERATIONAL PROGRAM INVOLVING THE COLLABORATION OF A NUMBER OF POTENTIAL CENTERS INTO A PROGRAM OF RESEARCH, TRAINING, AND CURRICULUM AND PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT, WITH PRIMARY EMPHASIS ON CHILDREN UP TO PRIMARY SCHOOL AGE. TO ACHIEVE THIS END, VARIOUS MEETINGS WERE HELD. THE SINGLE MOST COMPLEX PROBLEM THAT AROSE DURING THESE MEETINGS WAS THE ESTABLISHMENT OF AN ACCEPTABLE AND WORKABLE ADMINISTRATIVE STRUCTURE. ONE TENTATIVE ADMINISTRATIVE STRUCTURE, HOWEVER, DID RECEIVE SERIOUS CONSIDERATION AND WAS GRAPHICALLY SHOWN IN THE REPORT. APPENDED TO THE REPORT WAS A DRAFT PROPOSAL FOR ESTABLISHING A NATIONAL LABORATORY IN EARLY EDUCATION. (GD)