Intended as a resource for individuals wishing to evaluate drug abuse education programs, this handbook, one of a series of seven, provides a collection of measuring devices that can improve the quality of such evaluations. Chapter 1 introduces the handbook's contents and outlines evaluation related issues specific to drug abuse education programs. Chapter 2 introduces the key operations involved in program evaluation, emphasizing the role of assessment instruments in the gathering of information needed for defensible evaluations. Chapter 3 contains the measuring tools designed to be used in the evaluation and design of drug abuse education programs. These measures deal with behavior, knowledge, skills, and affective outcomes. Each measure is introduced by a brief description of the purpose of the assessment instrument, as well as procedures for administering, scoring, and analyzing the resulting data. Chapter 4 describes how technical appraisals of the handbook's measures can be carried out. The three appendices contain amplified content descriptors for updating the various measures, an explanation of informed consent procedures, and an annotated bibliography. (JD)