A mail questionnaire study involving 3,000 Texas educators was undertaken to describe the effects of certain Texas education reform policies as they relate to teacher burnout. Focus was on determining how the production of teacher-required paperwork and mandated student achievement testing influence teacher burnout. An initial mailing resulted in 700 responses. In response to a second mailing to 230 of the non-respondents, 97 additional responses were received. Scales incorporated into the study included the Mandated Tests Scale, Paperwork Scale, Burnout Scale, Pupil Control Ideology, and Locus of Control. The study also included a telephone interview component. Fifty-one psychological and demographic predictor variables were added to the regression equation to account for variance in the Emotional Exhaustion Factor of the Teacher Burnout Scale. Results indicate that: (1) paperwork is a factor in burnout of Texas teachers; (2) educators are not totally opposed to the mandated testing of their students, but all teachers are concerned about the misuses of testing; and (3) mandated testing and the associated paperwork may reduce teaching effectiveness and contribute to burnout. Twelve tables are provided. (TJH)