The manual is intended for inservice training of parents and professional teams in reviewing and rating, from a parent perspective, the existing quality of special education programs for handicapped students. Each team consists of three parents and one educator who receive training in the application of quality indicators previously developed by parents and project staff. Eighty questions comprise the quality indicators for school effectiveness, school climate, curricula/delivery, personnel development, home-school interaction, services, physical plant, and planning. The invitational quality review is planned to be accomplished in 10.5 days. The manual provides detailed instructions, relevant forms, and guidelines for team members on the following evaluation components: planning; conducting an on-site review; preparing individual ratings and summary; preparing team consensus of the overall quality of intermediate unit programs and preparation for the exit conference; conducting the exit conference; following up on the exit conference; and training additional parent/educator teams. A brief pamphlet describing Project PIPE is appended. (DB)