Four cities in Virginia conducted projects to upgrade social studies skills of their students. This evaluation guide explains the project in Fairfax County Schools during the 1976-1977 academic year. Experimental and control groups were established at grades 7-8, grades 9-10, and grades 11-12. Although pretests were administered to both groups, only the experimental group received the results of their tests. Instructions were given to teachers on how to use the results for diagnostic purposes. The following 10 social studies skills were identified: determining central issues, drawing inferences, interpreting cartoons, reading tabular data, interpreting graphs, identifying time relationships, classifying information, reading ballots, recognizing points of view, and validating sources. The experimental groups did not exhibit superiority over the control groups. Although the conclusion reached in this project indicates lack of efficacy for using tests for feedback to increase skills, the outcome did indicate need for an instructional program fostering such skills. Copies of pre- and posttests for each of the three levels, instructions, answer keys, and item analysis are provided in the appendix. (Author/SH)