Divided into six chapters, this user's manual accompanies a battery of tests developed by the Educational Progress in Careers (EPIC) project which was organized to develop and validate a system for evaluating career, economic, and community education projects in Florida schools. Chapter 1 presents an action checklist of steps to be followed by local personnel in planning and implementing the EPIC evaluation system. Chapter 2 describes the project organization, purposes of EPIC, the ten components of career/ economic/ and community education, the instrument battery, instrument reliability and validation procedures, and other related topics. Chapter 3 provides guidelines for selecting the evaluation coordinator and the evaluation committee. Finally, chapters 4 through 6 provide guidelines for planning the evaluation, conducting the data collections, and using the results. Additional information concerning interpretation of results and uses of the instruments is appended. (See CE 017 406 for a full description of EPIC project activities and instrument validation.) (BM)