SCHOOL TO COLLEGE--OPPORTUNITIES FOR POST SECONDARY EDUCATION (SCOPE), IS A SIX-YEAR PROJECT WHICH SEEKS TO DISCOVER DECISION-MAKING PATTERNS AMONG HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS. THIS REPORT ON MASSACHUSETTS, THE SECOND OF THE SERIES, GIVES MEANS, PERCENTILE RANKS, STANDARD DEVIATIONS, AND DISTRIBUTIONS ON THE VERBAL ABILITY TEST, MATH ABILITY TEST, ABILITY TEST, STUDENT QUESTIONNAIRE ITEM ANALYSIS, OCCUPATIONAL PREFERENCE ITEM ANALYSIS, ACTIVITIES PREFERENCE ITEM ANALYSIS, AND AN INTELLECTUAL PREDISPOSITION SCALE. INFORMATION ABOUT BOTH NINTH- AND TWELFTH-GRADE STUDENTS, AS A BASIS FOR LONGITUDINAL STUDIES, WAS COLLECTED ABOUT THE FOLLOWING VARIABLES--ACADEMIC ABILITY TEST SCORES, FAMILY AND HOME MILIEU, PARENTAL EXPECTATIONS, SELF-EVALUATION, VALUES, PERCEPTIONS OF SCHOOL, INFORMATION-SEEKING ACTIVITIES, OCCUPATIONAL PREFERENCES, AND INTELLECTUAL PREDISPOSITION. (WR)