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The purpose of this study was twofold: (1) to descri6e the functions and tasks of vocational evaluators in educational settings, and (2) to seek data pertaining to the--zertification, qualification, and status of vocational evaluators in this system. Letters were sent to vocational education supervisory staff in all fifty states, Weshington; D.C., and Puerto Rico. As a result, seventeen states indicated vocational evaluation was conducted and twenty-one states indicated vocational evaluation was not. A total of 143 vocational evaluation programs were identified. Among the findings of this report are the following: (1) eighty-one percent of the personnel participating in the vocational evaluation survey were certified in the school system but only 4 % under the job title of vocational evaluation; (2) vocational evaluators were found to be certified in a variety of lisciplines; (3) most respondents indicated that they would be willing to work toward attainin