This document consists of 10 separate speeches, addresses, remarks, or testimony made by the Assistant Secretary of Education for Educational Research and Improvement during the period from October 23 to December 11, 1989. The addresses are arranged chronologically as follows: (1) Testimony, Senate Subcommittee on Governmental Information and Regulation, Governmental Affairs Committee (October 23, 1989); (2) Acceptance Speech (October 25, 1989); (3) ERIC Directors Meeting (October 27, 1989); (4) Testimony, House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology (October 31, 1989); (5) "Building Partnerships for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Education in the 1990s": The First National Conference on the Dwight D. Eisenhower Mathematics and Science Education Improvement Program (November 1-3, 1989); (6) LEAD Directors--National LEADership Network Annual Meeting (November 13, 1989); (7) The Second National Forum on Substance Abuse Issues in Higher Education (November 15-17, 1989); (8) "The Mission of the Special Study Panel on Education Indicators as Viewed by the Office of Educational Resarch and Improvement" (November 16, 1989); (9) Alternate Certification Meeting (December 5, 1989); and (10) The First National Conference on Comprehensive School Health Education (FIE, in FIRST) (December 11, 1989). (MLF)