Volume III of the National Day Care Study First Annual Report funded by the Office of Child Development describes the information management system which was developed and tested during Phase I. In addition, the volume includes overviews of the sample instruments from the three major data collection systems developed during the year: the Research Program Information System; the Research Cost Accounting System; and the Parent Measures. Interview questionnaires, day care record forms, financial worksheets and measures of parent background attitudes are among the items included. The NDCS, being conducted over a period of three years, is designed to answer major policy questions about federally funded day care centers and the children they serve. Appendices include the Telephone Survey and the Spring Baseline Survey. (MS)