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Kirkpatrick's Four Levels of Training Evaluation: A Critique

The Performance Improvement Blog

At the end of Dan McCarthy’s blog post , “How to Evaluate a Training Program”, in which he explains his pre-post, survey approach to applying the Kirkpatrick four levels of training evaluation , he asks: Has anyone used a system like this, or something better? That’s part of the learning process.

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The Learning Alliance and the Four Levels of Training Evaluation

The Performance Improvement Blog

In response to my blog post titled, “Kirkpatrick’s Four Levels of Training Evaluation: A Critique” , Wendy Kirkpatrick wrote a comment directing me to a white paper that she co-authored with Jim Kirkpatrick, "The Kirkpatrick Four Levels: A Fresh Look After 50 Years 1959 - 2009."

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Learning to Learn from Evaluation of Learning

The Performance Improvement Blog

The Kirkpatricks have four levels, the Phillips have ROI, and Brinkerhoff has the Success Case Method. Each approach to evaluation of training has something to contribute to assessing the impact of formal training on employee learning. However, the value of evaluation is not in the data.

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Best practices on measuring the impact of organizational learning

Matrix

The Kirkpatrick model still stands as a beacon in this sea of continuous renewal but there is the poignant need for a different approach to measuring everything from engagement to impact of training programs. Learning evaluation needs to be simpler. Ultimately, this will lead to a learning culture that is data driven.

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On measuring the impact of learning

Matrix

Yet it is precisely because everything is happening so fast that it’s increasingly difficult to measure the impact of learning within the organization. All the stakeholders declare that they understand the importance of organizational learning and consider it a profitable investment but they also feel it’s difficult to weigh the results.

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What L&D professionals need to know about impact mapping

Matrix

The researchers at Centre for Learning Impact have spent the last decade perfecting a new methodology aimed at providing organizations with “the expertise, models and tools to evaluate training effectiveness and drive performance and bottom line results.”. Read more: Measuring training effectiveness — the Kirkpatrick model.

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Learning and Development Glossary

Petra Mayer

Therefore, the idea of this blog is to provide an easy reference around the varied concepts in learning and development. Take this as your Learning and Development Glossary, if you may, to stay up-to-date with the times. The model is an acronym for Analysis, Design, Development, Implementation, and Evaluation.