This handbook on evaluating statewide priorities is intended for use by those community colleges undertaking accrediting self-studies during 1986-87. The handbook contains (1) the suggested format for reporting the results of institutional self-evaluations; (2) statewide priorities, adapted from the Board of Governors' December 1983 policy statement on statewide community college mission; (3) guidelines and steps for evaluation; and (4) ten example analyses. Emphasizing outcomes measures, these examples use as a frame of reference trends over time, comparisons with other colleges, and comparisons with existing standards and norms. They describe hypothetical evaluations of ten priorities within the statewide mission statement of the Board of Governors; i.e., access, student assessment, program evaluation, transfer education, occupational education, liberal arts and general education, student services, remedial and basic skills education, noncredit continuing education, and community services. Appendices include a memorandum of understanding between the California Community College Board of Governors and the Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges of the Western Association of Schools and Colleges and a summary of the analytical steps involved in self-evaluation. (EJV)