After the Mississippi Legislature passed the Educational Reform Act in 1982, a series of programs were implemented that brought about rapid changes with little or no input from the public school personnel who were affected by them. Accordingly, a survey was conducted of the perceptions of 150 Mississippi principals and 150 superintendents regarding the effects of educational reform. The instrument consisted of 14 questions with forced-choice responses on the effects of various reforms. Respondents were also asked to indicate the need for specialized personnel to perform 10 different kinds of specialized tasks. Findings showed that both principals and superintendents perceived the overall effect of the educational reform movement as beneficial for their schools or school districts. Nevertheless, educational reform was viewed as having a detrimental effect on the morale of their staff. Individual results of the survey for each of the questions are reported and tables are appended. (TE)