Divided into five chapters, this user's manual is intended to assist local educators in the assessment of their career education programs. The first chapter discusses the purposes of evaluation. Chapter 2 provides a quick overview of the basic evaluation steps, while the remaining chapters provide the necessary details to implement these eleven steps. Chapter 3 focuses on the first three steps: (1) decide to conduct an evaluation; (2) select the evaluation coordinator and the evaluation committee; and (3) prepare an overview of current career education activities. In chapter 4, steps 4-8 are elaborated: (4) formulate evaluation questions; (5) identify sources of data; (6) select or identify instruments; (7) prepare a sampling plan; and (8) prepare and conduct data collection. In the last chapter, steps 9-11 are presented: (9) data tabulation and analysis; (10) review findings and make recommendations; and (11) disseminate report and implement recommendations. The majority of this document contains appended materials, including sample survey instruments, an annotated bibliography of published instruments, and a random number table. (A related document, CE 018 806, contains a detailed description of the instruments used to assess South Carolina's career education status. Another document, CE 018 807, interprets the career education needs assessment survey that was taken of a sample of South Carolina school students and school staff.) (BM)