Methodologies for evaluating/documenting partnership programs are analyzed and options for evaluating/documenting OERI's Educational Partnerships Program (EPP) are proposed. The EPP supports alliances between public schools and/or higher education and the private sector to encourage excellence in education. This paper reflects discussions/recommendations of the EPP Study Group, which met in Washington, D.C. in November-December, 1990. A two-part discussion is provided, which begins with a brief summary of the EPP's purpose and the characteristics of the 18 partnership projects funded in mid-1990. The second part discusses the proposed evaluation options. Options covered for Program Year One (1990-91) include: setting up a systematic tracking system; setting up program files; keeping contact logs by sites, and conducting structured phone interviews. Options covered for Program Year Two (1991-92) include various evaluation start-up activities; providing either project-based formative evaluations or documentation of project implementation; preparing project-based summative evaluations; and preparing a summative evaluation of the overall program. Options covered for Program Year Three (1992-93) include ongoing evaluation design, and site profiles. Formative versus summative approaches, quantitative versus qualitative data collection, and advantages versus disadvantages of various options for each of the three years of the EPP are explored. (RLC)