This publication discusses the need for feasible alternative methods of reaching consensus about major educational issues and identifies several methods that reflect the pluralistic nature of education and yet can produce unified policy directions for education at the national, state, and local levels. Section 1 focuses on the need for and nature of unified policy-setting models. Section 2 examines unified policy-setting models as sets of components with alternative elements. Section 3 discusses the use of unified policy-setting models. Section 4, which comprises most of the publication, presents three general models for educational policy-setting--the public consensus model, the professional consensus model, and the public/professional consensus model. Each model is accompanied by an actual case illustration demonstrating how it has been applied. (JG)

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