This document reports on the Southwest (Region VI) Child Development Associate (CDA) assessment program during the 1973-74 and 1974-75 school years. Activities conducted through the office of the regional coordinator of CDA assessment are listed. An assessment system was developed and implemented to meet three needs: (1) to screen and rank CDA trainees on a priority basis for entry into the national CDA consortium assessment system; (2) to improve the quality of CDA training programs through assessment of trainee needs; and (3) to disseminate information about CDA training. The assessment system is described and critiqued, and recommendations for improving it are offered. Also included are the assessment manual used; a brief tabulated analysis of 1975 baseline data on the candidates, their training experience and their performance ratings; approximately 40 pages of "performance profiles" for the training institutions involved; information on a January 1975 workshop for CDA and Head Start Supplementary Training (HSST) personnel; and an overview of Region VI CDA written by an outside consultant. (SB)