A Texas committee on educational reform held hearings in 1984 on the implementation of career ladder and teacher competency testing plans. These reforms were enacted by the legislature late that year. In the spring of 1984, 1985, and 1986, three surveys were undertaken to determine how teachers felt about these reforms as proposed and later enacted. Each survey was sent to a separately selected random sample of 2000 teachers, and each was returned by over 700 respondents. Each survey was 60 items long and requested demographic information as well as indications (on a Likert-type scale) of the teachers' attitudes toward the reforms and their efforts. This report reviews the literature, describes the study methodology, and presents 16 tables displaying the major findings in terms of the percentages agreeing with, disagreeing with, or undecided about specified propositions each year. The teachers supported the concept of competency testing for preservice teachers and were generally opposed to the career ladder plan. Their opposition to both reforms grew with experience. The teachers reported that the reforms increased stress and decreased morale. The paper also comments briefly on the few relationships found between selected demographic variables and responses to the reforms. (PGD)