The attempt by a small number of school districts to forge a linkage among testing and evaluation and instructional decision making is examined. The sample districts (approximately six) exhibit characteristics that represent the diversity of American school districts in size, locale, and student demographics. Three researchers spent approximately…

This report is arranged to display and explain the work of the Evaluation Design Project staff during the 1980-81 grant year. The intent of the entire project is to examine existing district policies, procedures and programs that appear to contribute to systematic use of evaluation and testing for educational improvement, and to make…

Instructional information systems gather and link together data on pupil characteristics, pupil performance on tests, instructional methods, and attitudes and opinions. Results from a study of two instructional information systems indicate that even well-designed systems will only influence decision making under certain conditions. (BW)