Presented is Volume I of an educational evaluation and planning package designed in accordance with Massachusetts' special education laws. The package is designed to assist the Core Evaluation Team process, a multidisciplinary approach to educational assessment and development of individual education plans. The guide focuses on three skill areas: activities of daily living, motor development, and early language development. Each of the skill areas is divided into three components: a screening device; performance statements (a developmental list of specific skills to be assessed by the evaluator); and a next step chart (designed to provide a gross arrangement of skills to facilitate choices of next step tasks as required for education plan development. (LS)