Educational policies and plans for Italy's entire education system are evaluated in this report. Part One contains "The Examiners' Report;" Part Two, the "Record of the Review Meeting;" and Part Three, a "Summary of the Background Report" (prepared by the Italian authorities). Some results of the evaluation include the following. Italy must cope with the consequences of higher enrollments in post-school education and with major structural reforms at all educational levels. While the establishment of a common school at the lower secondary level and the 1979 curricular reforms were well conceived, problems of implementation remain. Successful experimental programs have not been replicated. Middle school students need more guidance. There is discontinuity in the curriculum of the upper secondary school. The general education curriculum is too rigid. Elementary and secondary teachers should not be trained separately; universities should be made responsible for all teacher education. Possible remedies to drawbacks of Italy's open access to higher education include the introduction of a two-year diploma and the creation of short-cycle vocational courses. (RM)