The Austin Independent School District received an Elementary and Secondary Education Act Title III grant in 1973 to develop an internal research and evaluation capability. Funding was provided the resulting Office of Research and Evaluation (ORE) for three years. The foci of the original grant were (1) to develop a district evaluation model, (2) to evaluate federal and district developmental programs, (3) to coordinate research done in the district by outside researchers, and (4) to develop the Texas Joint Urban Evaluation Council to promote information-sharing among the seven large Texas cities. Of seven objectives for the final year of the project, six were achieved, including refinement and documentation of the evaluation model, planning and refinement of the instructional program evaluation data base, and dissemination of project information locally and nationally. An evaluation indicates that the project should be continued when federal funding runs out, though some organizational changes may be required. Future goals for ORE include improving the technical quality of evaluations, the internal efficiency of ORE operations, and the understanding in the district of information provided by ORE. A history of the creation of ORE and a description of its organization and functions help document the evaluation of the project. (Author/PGD)