The conference theme was "The Promise and Perils of Educational Information Systems," defined as collections of test data on knowledges, skills, interests, and attitudes maintained for the purpose of educational decision making. Topics covered were: "Longer Education: Thinner, Broader, or Higher" (Fritz Machlup); "Testing: Americans' Comfortable Panacea" (Theodore R. Sizer); "Social and Cultural Change and the Need for Educational Information: The Futurist's View" (Herman Kahn); "School Testing to Test the Schools" (Richard M. Jaeger); "National Assessment" (Robert E. Stake); "Bayesian Considerations in Educational Information Systems" (Melvin R. Novick); "Temporal Changes in Treatment-Effect Correlations: A Quasi-Experimental Model for Institutional Records and Longitudinal Studies" (Donald T. Campbell); "Higher Education: For Whom? At Whose Cost?" (Carl Kaysen); "Social Accounting in Education: Reflections on Supply and Demand" (David K. Cohen); "Ethical and Legal Aspects of the Collection of Educational Information" (David A. Goslin); and "Test Information as a Reinforcer of Negative Attitudes Toward Black Americans" (Elias Blake, Jr.). (AG) Aspect of National Assessment (NAEP) dealt with in this document: Program Description (Program Goals).