The Center for the Study of Evaluation Systems Project focuses on assessing the costs and impacts of managing testing, evaluation, and instructional (T/E/I) systems through a collection of nine papers: (1) "School District Evaluation Offices: Are They Worth the Money?," by Richard C. Williams and Pam McGranahan; (2) "How Two Evaluation Offices Help Improve School Performance," by Larry Crabbe, Theron Swainston, and Williams; (3) "School District Use of Testing and Evaluation for Instructional Decision Making: A Beginning," by Adrianne Bank and Williams; (4) "School Districts in the Information Society: The Emergence of Instructional Information Systems," by Bank and Williams; (5) "The Important District Role in Educational Reform," by Williams and Bank; (6) "The District Role in Introducing Micro-Computers: A Contingency Approach," by Williams, Bank, and Carol Thomas; (7) "The Cost of Instructional Information Systems: Results from Two Studies," by James Catterall; (8) "Linking Testing with Instructional Decision Making: Models and Guidelines from Research," by Don Dorr-Bremme; and (9) "The Search for Consequences: Assessing the Impact of District Instructional Information Systems," by Williams and Bank. (PN)