Results of a study conducted for the Ministry of Education (Ontario) and designed to evaluate the effectiveness of the Ontario School Record System (OSR) as revised in 1973 are reported in this paper. In order to evaluate the OSR's effectiveness, the study team examined educators', parents and students' perceived needs for student information, actual use of student information, held objectives for the OSR, and actual practice with regard to the OSR as a source of student information. Recommendations made in the report include: (1) to improve the communication between the Ministry and schools regarding purpose, content, maintenance, control and access; (2) to encourage local boards to take a more active role in OSR administration; (3) to regularly review the content of a record, and (4) to encourage better communication between the school and community regarding OSRs. A proposal is put forward for the establishment of an expanded and comprehensive OSR system which would serve the needs of all users of student information. Composed of six components, it would more tightly control access to confidential or sensitive information, provide a remote record for research, planning, and evaluative studies, and bring private records under the OSR regulations. (Author/MV)