In the fall of 1972 the Research Foundation of the National Council of Teachers of English decided to fund the Research Instruments Project (TRIP), a project designed to collect and evaluate measurement instruments in reading, language development, teacher competency, standard English as a second language or dialect, literature, writing, listening, and miscellaneous language skills. In addition to being suitable for assessing a component of the field of English education, the tests selected had to be available on microfilm from University Microfilms or through the ERIC system, must not have been published or made commercially available, and had to have potential use for future research. Information on each of the more than 100 instruments listed includes the suggested age range, a description of the instrument, validity, reliability, and normative data, ordering information, and a list of related documents and references. (TO)