content: SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                            Washington, DC 20549
    
                                  FORM 8-K
    
                               CURRENT REPORT
    
    
    
    Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
                                  
    Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): April  1, 1997
                                   
                     TOUCHSTONE APPLIED SCIENCE ASSOCIATES, INC.
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                 (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
    
    
              Delaware                    0-20303             13-2846796
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    (State or Other Jurisdiction        (Commission          (I.R.S. Employer
          of Incorporation)             File Number)        Identification No.)
    
    
  P.O. Box 382, Fields Lane, Brewster, New York                     10509
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    (Address of Principal Executive Offices)                       Zip Code    
                                  
    
    Registrant's telephone number, including area code:  (914) 277-8100
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                  Former name or former address, if changed since last report
                                  
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    Item 5.    Other Events.
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            Pending Acquisition of Programs for Education, Inc.
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    On April 1, 1997, Touchstone Applied Science Associates, Inc. (the
    "Company") entered into a letter of intent to purchase all of the
    assets of Programs for Education, Inc. for a purchase price equal to
    approximately $3,200,000. The assets of Programs for Education, Inc.
    include trademarks, tradenames, manuscripts, contracts and contract
    rights with respect to educational publications. The acquisition is
    currently scheduled for closing in May 1997 and is subject to the
    execution of definitive documentation and the satisfaction of
    conditions precedent.
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                             SIGNATURE
    
    
        Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of
  1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its
  behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
    
    
                            TOUCHSTONE APPLIED SCIENCE ASSOCIATES, INC. 
    
    
    
    
                            By:  /s/ ANDREW L. SIMON
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                                 Andrew L. Simon
                                 President
    
    
    Date: April 15, 1997
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text: SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                            Washington, DC 20549
    
                                  FORM 8-K
    
                               CURRENT REPORT
    
    
    
    Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
                                  
    Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): April  1, 1997
                                   
                     TOUCHSTONE APPLIED SCIENCE ASSOCIATES, INC.
                     -------------------------------------------
                 (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
    
    
              Delaware                    0-20303             13-2846796
              --------                    -------             ----------
    (State or Other Jurisdiction        (Commission          (I.R.S. Employer
          of Incorporation)             File Number)        Identification No.)
    
    
  P.O. Box 382, Fields Lane, Brewster, New York                     10509
  ---------------------------------------------                     -----
    (Address of Principal Executive Offices)                       Zip Code    
                                  
    
    Registrant's telephone number, including area code:  (914) 277-8100
                                                         --------------
    
    
                  -----------------------------------------------------------    
                  Former name or former address, if changed since last report
  Item 5.    Other Events.
               -------------
    
            Pending Acquisition of Programs for Education, Inc.
            ---------------------------------------------------
    On April 1, 1997, Touchstone Applied Science Associates, Inc. (the
    "Company") entered into a letter of intent to purchase all of the
    assets of Programs for Education, Inc. for a purchase price equal to
    approximately $3,200,000. The assets of Programs for Education, Inc.
    include trademarks, tradenames, manuscripts, contracts and contract
    rights with respect to educational publications. The acquisition is
    currently scheduled for closing in May 1997 and is subject to the
    execution of definitive documentation and the satisfaction of
    conditions precedent.
  SIGNATURE
    
    
        Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of
  1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its
  behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
    
    
                            TOUCHSTONE APPLIED SCIENCE ASSOCIATES, INC. 
    
    
    
    
                            By:  /s/ ANDREW L. SIMON
                                 -----------------------------------------
                                 Andrew L. Simon
                                 President
    
    
    Date: April 15, 1997