The Ways to Improve Schools and Education (WISE) Project seeks to enhance school productivity by more effective use of community resources to meet school needs. Models and guidelines have been developed to promote collaboration among schools, businesses/chambers of commerce, other community organizations, state education agencies, and higher education agencies. Initiated in 1982, Project WISE has pilot-tested school and business/community partnerships throughout the six-state region of the Southwest Educational Development Laboratory. WISE worked with three sites--Albuquerque, New Mexico; Austin, Texas; and Okalahoma City, in 1983-84. For 1985, three more sites were added: Little Rock, Arkansas; Jackson, Mississippi; and New Orleans, Louisiana. This final report provides a detailed account of the activities conducted by the Project in 1985. Included in the report are: (1) a description of the background of WISE; (2) WISE goals, objectives and related activities; (3) major activities and accomplishments; (4) major conclusions and recommendations; and (5) a discussion on the significance of the major accomplishments. Appendixes include correspondence, a listing of national organizations interested in education-community partnerships, and an annotated bibliography. (JD)