In April 1991, members of the Kentucky Educational Research Association (KERA), held a conference to discuss performance assessment and its use in Kentucky schools. The following papers from the conference are included: (1) "Our Conference and the Performance Assessment Committee" (S. Kifer); (2) "Performance Assessment: A National Perspective--Cautions and Concerns" (G. W. Phillips); (3) "Elementary Education" (C. Bridge and A. Chapman); (4) "Elementary Education" (A. Zollman and J. Dickey); (5) "Middle School" (B. Burruss and R. Kennedy); (6) "Reading, Writing and Language Arts" (P. Winograd and J. Craig); (7) "The Practical Arts" (S. Miller); (8) "Arts and Humanities" (R. Schmelzer and G. Szekely); (9) "Reform Law" (V. D. Nordin and J. M. Petrosko); (10) "Implementation and Management" (K. Simpson, S. Trimble, K. Draut, and T. Mowery); (11) "Item Sampling" (G. Cunningham and S. Kifer); (12) "Performance Assessment for Special Populations" (D. B. Slaton and J. McLaughlin); (13) "Student Services" (P. de Mesquita and M. Billings); (14) "Mathematics" (W. S. Bush and S. Vice); (15) "Foreign Languages" (P. L. Nacke and L. K. Worley); (16) "Instruction and Assessment" (T. Guskey); (17) "Social Studies" (L. Levstik and S. Brennan); and (18) "Summary" (E. Mason). (SLD)