The Low Socioeconomic Status and Minority Student Achievement Study is designed to investigate the overall impact of the Austin Independent School District's programs on low socioeconomic status (SES) and minority students' achievement and school leaver rates. This evaluation is designed to monitor low SES and minority student achievement on districtwide achievement tests, minority student participation in tests for college-bound high school juniors and seniors, and minority student school leaver rates. Chapter I presents names of persons who have been provided portions of the design for review and comment. Chapter II describes the program and related evaluation activities. Chapter III states all the decision questions addressed and relates them to the evaluation questions and objectives and to their data sources. Chapter V specifies the means of information dissemination, date of distribution, and persons receiving the information. Chapter VI lists each information source, population from which obtained, date of collection, and analysis techniques. Chapter VII is a timeline for data collection. Chapter VIII summarizes evaluation work estimates by position for each aspect of the evaluation. (CM)