This monograph presents an overview of all educational programs approved for national dissemination by the federal Joint Dissemination Review Panel since l974. It provides basic information on exemplary products and practices in the described projects. The projects are divided into 16 sections: (1) adult education; (2) administration/organizational arrangements; (3) alternative schools/programs; (4) basic skills--language arts/writing; (5) basic skills--mathematics; (6) basic skills--multidisciplinary; (7) basic skills--reading; (8) bilingual/migrant education; (9) career/vocational education; (10) early childhood/parent involvement; (11) gifted and talented/technology/special interests; (12) health/physical education; (13) preservice/inservice training; (14) science/social science; (15) special education/learning disabilities; and (16) projects whose services are no longer available. The last section offers the following indices: sectional cross reference, projects by state, ERIC descriptors, and alphebetical listings. (JD)