The evaluation process and results asociated with 1989-1990 reading (kindergarten through grade 12) and language arts (kindergarten through grade 5) programs of the Des Moines (Iowa) Independent Community School District are presented. The evaluation is divided into four parts: context; input; process; and product. Language arts instruction includes reading, listening, speaking, writing, and viewing. The context evaluation covers history of language arts and reading texts; policies, standards, and regulations; general needs; curriculum review needs; and program goals and accomplishments. The input evaluation covers expenditures, textbook costs and cycles, and student time allotments. The process evaluation covers district goals and objectives, the responsibility statement, inservice staff development, and inservice consultants. The product evaluation covers assessment, management, response to goals and objectives, writing checkpoint, standardized tests for elementary and middle school levels, certification, the "Reading Is Fundamental" and "Book It" programs, recommendations for the future, and objectives for 1990-1991. A curriculum review summary for 1987-1988 is appended. (TJH)