Training Evaluation

If there's one element of training that causes me more stress than any other it has to be training evaluation. I have a deep abiding hatred of "happy sheets" and tend to spend far too much time agonising over the right type of evaluation to put in place for training programmes. Add in the mind-bending financial gymnastics that make up ROI calculations and I become a potential candidate for the funny farm.

Fortunately there are some great resources out there to help when I hit the inevitable wall.

I suppose you can't really talk about evaluation with mentioning the work done by Donald Kirkpatrick, and this Slideshow is a good starting point; as is this more detailed explanation.

However, it's also worth pointing out that his approach, whilst providing the foundations for most modern evaluation, is not without it's critics.

For a broader perspective on evaluation you could do worse than look at the relevant section on Dr. Roger Greenaway's "Reviewing"website, or by looking at the guidelines provided by the Joint Commitee on Standards for Educational Evaluation

And there's also some excellent resources available at the always useful Businessballs website.
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