Abstracts are presented of the major conference papers and thematic discussions delivered at the 1978 Measurement and Methodology Conference. The titles of the presentations are: Policy-Responsive Evaluation (Wiley); When Educators Set Standards (Glass); Comments on Wiley and Glass (Schutz); Key Standard-Setting Considerations for Minimal Competency Testing Programs (Popham); Evaluation of Title I via RMC Models--A Critical Review (Linn); Comments on Linn and Popham (Millman); Prediction Analysis and the Reliability of a Mastery Test (Wilcox); An Achievement-Test Item Model (Harris); A Head Start Re-evaluation: Positive Effects Are Not Yet Demonstrable (Bentler and Woodward); Analyzing Multilevel Educational Data: The Choice of an Analytical Model Rather than the Unit of Analysis (Burstein); Is Something Better than Nothing? Metaphysical Test Design (Baker); The Measurement of Expertise: Analysis of the Development of Knowledge and Skill as a Basis for Assessing Achievement (Chi and Glaser); Test Design: A View from Practice (Shulman); The Design of Measurement in Instruction (Schutz); The Demise of Generality in Measurement and Research Methodology (Frase); Don't They All Measure the Same Thing? Consequences of Standardized Test Selection (Floden et al); and Comments on Floden and Frase (Quellmalz). (MH)