content: UNITED STATES
                    SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                           Washington, D.C. 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):  June 15, 2005
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                TOUCHSTONE APPLIED SCIENCE ASSOCIATES, INC.
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          (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
  
  
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                Delaware                0-20303             13-2846796
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     (State or other jurisdiction    (Commission        (I.R.S. employer
           of incorporation)          file number)       identification no.)
  
  
         4 Hardscrabble Heights
             P.O. Box 382
             Brewster, NY                                      10509
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         (Address of principal                               (Zip Code)
           executive offices)
  
  
     Registrant's telephone number, including area codes: (845) 277-8100
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                                NOT APPLICABLE
  
         (Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
  
  
  
        Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to
  simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of
  the following provisions (See General Instruction A.2 below):
  
  
  [  ]    Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the
          Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
  
  [  ]    Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the
          Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
  
  [  ]    Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b)
          under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
  
  [  ]    Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c)
          under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
  
  
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  ITEM 8.01      OTHER EVENTS.
  
                 On June 15, Touchstone Applied Science Associates, Inc.
  (the "Company") signed a stock purchase agreement to acquire all
  the outstanding stock of Achievement Data, Inc.  ("ADI").  The
  closing, subject to the satisfaction of certain conditions, is
  anticipated to close on or about July 1, 2005.
  
                 Attached as Exhibit 99.1 is a copy of the press release
  relating to the acquisition of ADI.
  
  ITEM 9.01(c).  EXHIBITS.
  
                 Exhibit 10.1   Stock Purchase Agreement, dated as of June 15,
                                2005, by and among Martin Borg, Kevin Byrne,
                                Karen Gerard, Brad Begley, Russell Leverenz,
                                and Debbie Leverenz, and Touchstone Applied
                                Science Associates, Inc.
  
                 Exhibit 99.1   Press Release dated June 20, 2005.
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                                SIGNATURES
  
        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 hereunto duly authorized.
  
  
                                              TOUCHSTONE APPLIED SCIENCE
                                              ASSOCIATES, INC.
  
  Date:  June 20, 2005
  
  
                                              By: /s/ ANDREW L. SIMON
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                                                  Andrew L. Simon
                                                  President and Chief
                                                  Executive Officer and
                                                  Chief Financial Officer
  
  <PAGE>
  
                                INDEX TO EXHIBITS
  EXHIBIT
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    2.1     Stock Purchase Agreement, dated as of June 15, 2005,
            by and among Martin Borg, Kevin Byrne, Karen Gerard,
            Brad Begley, Russell Leverenz, and Debbie Leverenz,
            and Touchstone Applied Science Associates, Inc.
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text: UNITED STATES
                    SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                           Washington, D.C. 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):  June 15, 2005
                                                     -------------
  
                TOUCHSTONE APPLIED SCIENCE ASSOCIATES, INC.
  -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
          (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
  
               -----------------------------------------------
  
                Delaware                0-20303             13-2846796
                --------                -------             ----------
     (State or other jurisdiction    (Commission        (I.R.S. employer
           of incorporation)          file number)       identification no.)
  
         4 Hardscrabble Heights
             P.O. Box 382
             Brewster, NY                                      10509
         ----------------------                                -----
         (Address of principal                               (Zip Code)
           executive offices)
  
     Registrant's telephone number, including area codes: (845) 277-8100
                                                          --------------
  
  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  
                                NOT APPLICABLE
  
         (Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
  
        Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to
  simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of
  the following provisions (See General Instruction A.2 below):
  
  [  ]    Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the
          Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
  
  [  ]    Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the
          Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
  
  [  ]    Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b)
          under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
  
  [  ]    Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c)
          under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
  ITEM 8.01      OTHER EVENTS.
  
                 On June 15, Touchstone Applied Science Associates, Inc.
  (the "Company") signed a stock purchase agreement to acquire all
  the outstanding stock of Achievement Data, Inc.  ("ADI").  The
  closing, subject to the satisfaction of certain conditions, is
  anticipated to close on or about July 1, 2005.
  
                 Attached as Exhibit 99.1 is a copy of the press release
  relating to the acquisition of ADI.
  
  ITEM 9.01(c).  EXHIBITS.
  
                 Exhibit 10.1   Stock Purchase Agreement, dated as of June 15,
                                2005, by and among Martin Borg, Kevin Byrne,
                                Karen Gerard, Brad Begley, Russell Leverenz,
                                and Debbie Leverenz, and Touchstone Applied
                                Science Associates, Inc.
  
                 Exhibit 99.1   Press Release dated June 20, 2005.
  SIGNATURES
  
        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 hereunto duly authorized.
  
                                              TOUCHSTONE APPLIED SCIENCE
                                              ASSOCIATES, INC.
  
  Date:  June 20, 2005
  
                                              By: /s/ ANDREW L. SIMON
                                                  --------------------------
                                                  Andrew L. Simon
                                                  President and Chief
                                                  Executive Officer and
                                                  Chief Financial Officer
  INDEX TO EXHIBITS
  EXHIBIT
  -------
    2.1     Stock Purchase Agreement, dated as of June 15, 2005,
            by and among Martin Borg, Kevin Byrne, Karen Gerard,
            Brad Begley, Russell Leverenz, and Debbie Leverenz,
            and Touchstone Applied Science Associates, Inc.