Nearly 15,000 Wisconsin public school students in grades 4, 8, and 12 were tested in Spring, 1977, as part of the Wisconsin Pupil Assessment Program. Objectives were: (1) to measure student progress in attaining specific mathematics objectives; (2) to determine how students compared nationally in reading, language, and mathematics; and (3) to determine changes in performance compared to 1976 test results. Both criterion referenced tests and national , standardized, norm referenced test were administered. An overview of the findings indicated students performed better in computation problems than in story problems; students scored above the national average in reading, language, and mathematics; twelfth graders performed better than eighth graders in the mathematics tests; the 1977 performance showed improvement when compared to the 1976 test results; females scored better than males in reading and language arts; and male and female test scores in mathematics were nearly the same. (The report is divided as follows: results of criterion referenced tests; results of the Comprehensive Tests of Basic Skills; comparison of eighth and twelfth graders on the mathematics criterion referenced test; comparison of 1976 and 1977 results; and comparison of male and female test results). (MH)