Eleven separate addresses made by the Assistant Secretary of Education for Educational Research and Improvement during the period April-August 1990 comprise this document. Arranged chronologically, it includes two addresses before the American Educational Research Association in April and others as follows: (1) to Javits Grant recipients on May 16-17; (2) before the National Alliance for Business on May 22; (3) before U.S. Department of Energy Education Directors on May 23; (4) at the Seminar on Base Year Findings of the National Education Longitudinal Survey, National Center for Education Statistics, on June 27; (5) "New Deans of Education," an institute sponsored by the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education, on June 27; (6) before the State Liaisons for the 1990-91 Blue Ribbon Schools Program on July 12; (7) "Minority Teachers: Meeting the Need and Taking the Lead" on July 15; (8) at the Office of Educational Research and Improvement (OERI) Roundtable on Public School Choice on July 19; and (9) before the National Conference of State Legislatures on August 7. (Author/MLF)