During the spring of 1977 three statewide surveys were conducted by Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction (DPI) staff. Survey contents and respondents were entirely different in each. About 450 Wisconsin citizens over age 18 were polled via telephone on items related to school costs, educational goals, DPI functions, and some legal issues. Teachers and administrators from 190 of Wisconsin's 436 school districts were surveyed via two separate mailed questionnaires. The teacher survey dealt with a variety of services, conditions, and materials that are needed in order to do a satisfactory job in teaching children. The administrator survey dealt with over 50 different activities and services performed by the DPI in cooperation with school districts. The teachers and administrators were asked to indicate how important each item was and how well it had been provided. Response rates, after follow-ups, were about 75 percent except for school board presidents. Methods, results, and attempts to get the results used by DPI administrators are discussed. (Author/MLF)