The purpose of this booklet is to assist the reader in understanding and utilizing the local district and local school reports provided by the Michigan Educational Assessment Program for the testing period January 1973. This document accompanies the data sheets and norm tables provided to each district and is intended to facilitate their use. This booklet has three sections: the first section states precautions which must be considered in using and interpreting the assessment data; the second section lists the assessment measures and introduces the computer printouts which contain the local district and school data; and the third section describes the norm tables that are provided with this report and explains how to construct and interpret district-level and school-level education profiles. (Author/DEP)