This volume consists of papers by representatives from the six States comprising the Comprehensive Planning State Education Agencies Project (CPSEA). The first paper, by Bernarr S. Furse, outlines common elements appearing in one or more of the models developed by the project States. Everett W. Reimer then details the need for educational planning in the present planning capability of, and a comprehensive planning program for Puerto Rico. Joseph Wolvek describes a data producing process of alternatives to aid in administrative decisionmaking in Iowa. Leonard Landry discusses Colorado's strategy to facilitate interoffice and local school district process oriented planning. Marlin L. Brockette considers the Texas program for identifying Statewide educational priorities and coordinating State education agency planning endeavors with the activities of regional education service centers. Douglas Dopp introduces Connecticut's interim report on the establishment of a planning unit and an organizational structure for the coordination and review of educational plans. Don K. Richards examines a Utah model that portrays a Statewide comprehensive educational planning mechanism. In conclusion, B. G. Pauley reports on the establishment of an Office of Educational Planning in West Virginia as a structural element to coordinate agency plans for education and to correlate the planning endeavors of other education agencies in the State. (Author/JF)