This report summarizes an international workshop held in 1970 to consider new approaches to Italian secondary education. At the conference, educational experts from the United Kingdom, France, West Germany, the United States, Norway, Sweden, and Yugoslavia, as well as two members of the Centre for Educational Research and Innovation met with 23 Italian educators, at the request of the Italian Ministry of Education. The report contains a number of papers prepared by conference participants, a summary of the opening address delivered to the conference by the Italian minister of education, reports of the small working groups at the conference, and the ten conclusions and recommendations adopted by workshop participants. In addition, Appendix 1 presents a variety of educational statistics relevant to upper secondary schools in Italy. (JG)