Three speeches and 10 symposium reports are contained in this conference summary. The speeches are entitled: a) "How to Improve Instruction on the Basis of Evaluation"; b) "Evaluation of Instructors: The State of the Art and the Art of the State"; and c) "Apple Pie, Motherhood, and Evaluation." The topics of the 10 symposia are: a) Divergent Perceptions of Instructional Improvement Strategies; b) Implications of the New California Testing Program; c) Community Involvement in Evaluation and Instruction: A Reasonable Role; d) Renovating Ineffectual Evaluation Programs; e) Evaluating and Improving the Quality of Instruction in Higher Education; f) Employing Criterion-Referenced Measures for Instructional Improvement; g) The Evaluation of Administrative Personnel; h) Early Childhood: Fabric, Fantasy, and Fact; i) Staff Development Programs That Make a Difference; and j) Pitfalls and Pratfalls in Stull Act Implementation. A 13-page bibliography is included. (HMD)