The Board of Education of the Houston Independent School District, through the Volunteers in Public Schools, organized the Kindergarten Screening Project in 1970. The screening instruments and procedures were developed by a committee of specialists composed of representatives from the Houston Independent School District, Baylor College of Medicine, Texas Research Institute for Mental Sciences, Child Development Clinic, and the University of Houston. They were based on standard items representing gross and fine motor activities, language development, social functioning, distant vision, and hearing. The volunteer orientation and training procedures, and the responsibilities of the volunteers are described. A check list of necessary materials for each test is provided. Administration instructions and examples are given for each of the five screening instruments: Distant Vision, Hearing, Eye-Hand Coordination, Language Learning, and Gross Motor. Supplementary instructions in Spanish are also provided for each instrument. (Author/BW)