A total educational information system for evaluation of vocational education in Massachusetts is described. Specifically, the evaluation guide describes the evaluation plan, reveals the philosophy of evaluation upon which the design was built, outlines the processes of evaluation called for in the design, introduces the forms for data collection that will be used in the design, and acts as a reference manual for those persons at the local level responsible for conducting specified segments of the design. The system is presented in four phases: (1) Program Evaluation, (2) Process-Product Evaluation, (3) Cost-Benefit Evaluation, and (4) Evaluation of Vocational-Technical Education (Impact Study). (CH)