Ralph Tyler is the Director Emeritus of the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences and has been an educator since 1921. In this interview, he discusses important emerging education and educational evaluation issues and significant issues in his early career. He describes the progress he sees, the existing problems to be addressed, and the resources he believes are available in the education field. His work at Ohio State University in the Bureau of Accomplishment Testing, assisting in teaching and learning development, and in the 8-year study of evaluation objectives begun in 1934 is discussed. Dr. Tyler also discusses whether national assessment can be adequately continued and advocates the value of comprehensive evaluation. The interview took place in November 1981 at the request of Kappa Delta Pi at Western Michigan University. (CM)