Included in the secondary school curriculum are over 500 differently named subjects, at least 75 of which involve content substantially psychological in nature. Ten of the 75 subjects use the word Psychology in the course title (Greer 1962). Courses in psychology are being introduced at an increasing rate in American high schools. Wright's (1965) U.S. Office of Education survey revealed that 2,362 schools were offering psychology in 1961. A more recent study (Anderson, Ahrens, Russell & Trismen, 1964) reported an increase in course offering from l i per cent of schools in 1958 to 18 per cent in 1963. The writer estimates that psychology is now being taught in from 15 to 20 per cent of schools throughout the United States; the percentage appears even higher in the midwest and the far west. Despite the fact that psychology seems to have merit as a secondary school subject, there exists little uniformity of opinion regarding its exact role. The inadequacy of properly defined objectives, course content and instructional materials available, and evidence regarding insufficiently trained teaching personnel led the writer to attempt a clarification and assessment of overall issues relating to the role of psychology in the modern high school. The present article summarizes certain of the results of an investigation on the teaching of psychology as a secondary school subject in American schools, with special reference to the state of Ohio. The views of school psychologists and counselors will be highlighted. The investigator sought to answer three major questions in this study: 1. What is the projected frequency of occurence of psychology courses on the high school level? 2. What is the status of course objectives and content, and what changes, if any, are needed? 3. What are the qualifications and requirements of the teacher of psychology, and what changes, if any, are needed? The reader will find the history of high school psychology well treated in other papers in this issue, and in other articles by this writer Noland, 1966a, 1966b, 1966c).