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The document is the third in a series of reports on progress in implementing P.L. 94−142, the Education for All Handicapped Children Act. Six chapters each address a particular question regarding implementation. Chapter 1 investigates the numbers and types of handicapped children being provided special education and related services, and examines progress in extending a «free appropriate public education» to every handicapped child. Chapter 2 focuses on implementation of P.L. 94−142's least restrictive environment requirement and looks at the settings in which handicapped children are being served. A third chapter describes the characteristics and content of individualized education programs as well as the status of service providers. Chapter 4 considers consequences at the local school district level as described by a series of BEH — Bureau of Education for the Handicapped (now the Office of Special Education) — initiated case studies. Chapter 5 discusses federal and state administration of P.L. 94−142, while a final chapter looks at the extent to which the intent of the Act is being met. Appendex are a paper titled «Evaluation of the Education for All Handicapped Children Act, P.L. 94−142» a report on special studies efforts through fiscal year 1979; data notes and study reviews from BEH; and tables with statistical data.