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Kirkpatrick’s Four Levels of Evaluation

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It was while writing his thesis in 1952 that Donald Kirkpatrick became interested in evaluating training programs. To decide whether to continue offering a particular training program 2. To validate your existence and job as a training professional. Was the training material relevant? To improve future programs 3.

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KIRKPATRICK’S FOUR LEVELS OF EVALUATION

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It was while writing his thesis in 1952 that Donald Kirkpatrick became interested in evaluating training programs. In a series of articles published in 1959, he prescribed a four-stage model for evaluating training programs, but it was not until 1994, that he published “ Evaluating Training Programs: The Four Levels “.

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