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This article discusses some issues related to action research in Indiana. The Action Research Committee of the Indiana Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD) was appointed in the fall of 1952. Subsequent meetings were held to clarify the committee's functions. During the summer of 1953 a subcommittee started positive action to collect the desired information. A simple questionnaire was developed as a first step toward this objective. A mailing list of thirty-one persons was compiled, and, as a beginning, this questionnaire was distributed only among active members of ASCD. One person was to be responsible for reporting the research of one school or a school system. In October 1953 a brief resume of the findings of the committee was reported to the State ASCD meeting. This report revealed the fact that considerable action research is being carried on in the schools of Indiana. A broad range of topics was suggested, including a study of drop outs, public relations and building planning.

This article discusses organization and planning for curriculum research in Michigan. In July 1953 the Superintendent of Public Instruction authorized the organization of a state Committee on Curriculum Research. This committee will operate within the group of committees that gives direction to the Michigan Curriculum Program. It will work in cooperation with existing state committees and will also be expected to initiate and carry on projects appropriate to its scope of work. A study of secondary school holding power is one state-wide project now being conducted by a special committee organized to do this job. A second state-wide project being conducted currently is an inventory and descriptive study of a wide range of research activities under way throughout the state. A most difficult problem in providing wise leadership in cooperative planning for research has to do with deciding on priority of effort. The recently established state Committee on Curriculum Research is expected to give attention to this problem and, through its recommendations regarding priority of needs in research, to contribute to the direction of various efforts aimed at improvement of Michigan education.