The Texas Examination of Current Administrators and Teachers (TECAT), is a basic literacy test that was administered to 202,000 practicing educators in March 1986. The test was developed in response to state action for educational reform. The Texas reform legislation provided for redistribution of resources to poorer schools and for salary increases for teachers. Testing teachers on basic reading and writing skills for the purpose of identifying incompetent teachers appealed to public opinion, and the test become a political "bargaining chip" to leverage a tax increase for school reform. The implementation of TECAT involved not only massive preparation by educators and state agencies but also involved numerous validity and legal problems. The high passing rates of educators were attributed to development of teachers' skills in workshop sessions and considerable "teaching to the test." More than half of the educators fired by TECAT were in nonacademic positions. The reaction of teachers to the test program was overwhelmingly negative, and public confidence in teacher testing declined sharply. An analysis of the program's actual costs indicated that it was not as cost-effective as had been anticipated. This report presents detailed documentation on the program. Opinion papers and evaluation reports are appended. (JD)