The Materials Analysis Inventory is designed to assist educators in determining the appropriateness of instructional materials for particular students. This instrument consists of a grid displaying sets of characteristics identified by classroom teachers, curriculum evaluators, and specialists in the education of minority students as important in instructional materials. The inventory may be used to examine commercially published material as well as material that has been locally developed. Desirable features of both teacher's manuals and student texts are included. The Materials Analysis Inventory provides a means for determining the presence and frequency, or the absence, of features considered imperative for the instruction of language minority students, such as cultural relevance of the context used and attention to language development issues. In addition, the instrument includes content urged by recent innovations in curriculum frameworks for all students, such as the development of thinking skills. Use of the Materials Analysis Inventory results in a profile of the materials' strengths and weaknesses. (The inventory with instructions is appended.) (Author/MSE)