The purpose of the Social Skills Curriculum Model is to improve the social climate level of parent participation, and academic achievement in inner city elementary schools The approach was developed at Martin Luther King School in New Haven, Connecticut. It is a preventative mental health model which focuses on the organization of the school. The hypothesis for this study is that a redeployment of mental health services from a child changing to a school changing focus leads to an improved climate which, in turn, frees energy for more innovative curriculum practices. This evaluation was conducted to assess the impact of the project at King School and to develop evaluation methods which could be useful in future field tests. Four dimensions were assessed: (1) school climate, (2) student achievement, (3) impact on staff, and (4) impact on parents. Student achievement was significantly higher at King School than in all other New Haven Title I schools. (Author/AM)