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Training Evaluation: Knowing More Than Is Practiced

Old Dominion University

Diane Wilcox

James Madison University where she teaches HRD, instructional technology, and adult learning

The problem and the solution. Training program evaluation is an important and culminating phase in the analysis, design, develop, implement, evaluate (ADDIE) process. However, evaluation has often been overlooked or not implemented to its full capacity. To assess and ensure the quality, effectiveness, and the impact of systematic training, this article emphasizes the importance of summative evaluation at the last phase of ADDIE and presents developments toward a summative evaluation framework of training program effectiveness. The focus is the connection of final summative evaluation to the direction provided by the analysis phase and the concerns of the host organization.

Key Words: formative evaluation • summative evaluation • ISD • outcome evaluation • impact evaluation

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				G. G. Wang and D. Wilcox Training Evaluation: Knowing More Than Is Practiced Advances in Developing Human Resources, November 1, 2006; 8(4): 528 - 539. [Abstract] [PDF]