This report describes an evaluation of the Chapter 1 Mathematics Program for 1,008 students in grades 1 through 8 in the Des Moines (Iowa) Independent Community School District. Four comments summarize results of the evaluation: students in grades 2-8 surpassed the criterion for gains in the total mathematics score on the Iowa Tests of Basic Skills (ITBS); students in grades 1-8 achieved 81.9 percent of their educational plan objectives; contact with parents of Chapter 1 students has been an integral part of this program; and for the first time in recent years, first-grade students were administered the standardized evaluation instrument in 1985-86. Recommendations from the evaluation are summarized: (1) the program objective that deals with performance of first grade students on the ITBS should be revised to be consistent with those at other grade levels; (2) steps should be taken to improve the rate of attendance in the secondary program; (3) stronger emphasis should be applied in the area of contacts with parents at the transitional level; (4) the form for documenting parent activities or the objective related to these should be revised; and (5) the Supervisor of Chapter 1 Programs should examine the need to administer the Chapter 1 Parent Survey. Appendices include the budget and expenditures, a form for the principal's report of Chapter 1 instruction, the Self-Anchoring Attitude Scale (toward Learning), and the Chapter 1 Parent Survey. (LMO)