This module, which is one in a series of training packages intended to train educators working with handicapped adolescents and young adults in correctional settings, deals with basic assessment and evaluation procedures for use in identifying and evaluating disabled students. Included among those topics addressed in the individual sections of the module are the following: the direct intervention approach to instruction, a systematic model of instruction, reasons for and methods of conducting assessments, the purpose and procedures of educational diagnosis, domain-referenced testing, assessment of behavioral and social skills, and the difference between testable explanations and explanatory fictions. The module includes instructional design specifications (module title, competency statement, rationale statement, prerequisites); module objectives; evaluation procedures and criteria, learning activities and alternatives; a content outline; references; handouts; overhead transparency masters; and a training evaluation form. (MN)