In 1967, El Salvador initiated a comprehensive educational reform centering around the use of instructional television (ITV) in grades 7, 8, and 9. Other aspects of the Reform included extensive teacher retraining, curriculum revision, and extensive building of new schoolrooms, among other things. The cost of the reform through 1973 will total roughly $30 million, of which about $7.3 million will pay for ITV. Tests show that students in Reform classrooms learned about 20% more (as measured by end-of-year tests) than did those in non-Reform classrooms. However, classes with all aspects of the Reform (including ITV) evidenced only slightly higher learning gains than did classes with all aspects of the Reform except ITV. Thus the role of ITV in improving achievement is inconclusive. Students hold highly positive attitudes towards the use of ITV in their classrooms, although they were slightly less enthusiastic in 1971 than they had been in 1969. (JK)