The Volunteers in Education Project is designed to utilize community volunteers to provide, without charge, various services to the school staff. Other goals are to reinforce the instruction of the teaching staff with volunteers trained for particular service, to offer individual help to students, to make available the talents and resources of the community in order to supplement and enrich the educational program, and to broaden community understanding of school needs and problems. For this interim evaluation, 136 volunteers, 12 principals, and 3 directors were surveyed by use of interviews and questionnaires. The survey was designed to assess the respondents' perceptions of the project in meeting program objectives, as well as assess possible areas where activities and resources could be used more effectively to improve volunteer performance. The seven project objectives are: (1) by use of volunteer tutors, to increase the reading achievement of poor readers by at least six months; (2) by use of volunteer tutors, to increase the understanding of basic concepts and mathematical proficiency, by at least four months, of students with poor mathematical aptitude; (3) teachers in classrooms where volunteers are assigned will increase the amount of time devoted to instructional activities by 20%; (4) use of the libraries and access to a library will increase; (5) teachers in special education classrooms will increase the amount of time devoted to instructional activities and individualized instruction as a result of volunteer help; (6) the number of volunteers will increase by 50% during the first project year; and (7) community resource volunteers will volunteer their services. Activities to achieve these objectives are discussed. (DB)