This digest provides information about "Research Within Reach: Science Education. A Research-Guided Response to the Concerns of Educators," part of a series produced by the Appalachia Educational Laboratory, Inc., Charleston, West Virginia. (Previous volumes in the series focused on reading, elementary mathematics, oral and written communication, and secondary school mathematics.) This information includes: (1) aim of the research within the series and document format; (2) topic areas considered in the four sections of the document (science education curriculum and goals, teaching and learning, a context for science education, and perspective papers); (3) comments on the document's eight chapters; and (4) concluding comments about the document along with several caveats. (JN)