This report provides material for assessment by State education agencies of manpower and financial contributions and the impact of these contributions on local education agencies. Part one of the assessment package offers suggestions about the possible utilization of the package materials. The second part provides assessment instruments and data formats: (1) a format for obtaining social and economic factors descriptive of school districts, with directions; (2) a professional staff questionnaire, with directions; (3) a format for obtaining federal financial information, with directions; (4) a format for obtaining State financial information, with directions; and (5) a format for obtaining local financial information, with directions. The third part uses assessment data from Wisconsin to illustrate one way in which data may be presented and analyzed. (Author/JF)