This monograph contains seven articles which focus primarily on formative evaluation for the purpose of furthering the learning of pupils. The articles include: an overview of formative evaluation by Peggy Chnupa; a description of the use of measurement and evaluation as an early screening for entering school children, by Sherrel Marginet and Phyllis Nordhaus; a treatment of a specific set of materials used for screening, by Dixie Whitney; a discussion of the use of test data to help guide instruction with young children in reading, by Jean Berger; test data uses in determining placement of junior high school pupils at levels where they can best operate and best achieve, by JoAnne Dowers; pre- and post-criterion-referenced test uses at the high school level, by James Thomas; and a description of the measurement and evaluation component of a system-wide mastery learning program, by Larry Rowe. (Author/PN)