This report discusses the goals, procedural format, and outcomes of a summer research training institute conducted by the Bureau of Educational Research and Testing Services at the University of New Hampshire. Trainees at the institute studied (1) the problems inherent in evaluating the particular educational problem with which the trainee was concerned, (2) major alternatives of educational research methodologies, and (3) communications techniques applicable to educational decision making. Each trainee also used modern data processing equipment for encoding and utilizing research data, and read current educational literature related to his own research projects. The report contains institute time schedules, course offerings, book lists, samples of various materials prepared for the institute, and a table depicting participants' progress. (LLR)