Dashe & Thomson
APRIL 17, 2011
I have included Kirkpatrick’s Four Levels of Evaluation in every proposal I have ever written, and I wanted to hear from Kirkpatrick himself regarding his take on the current state of evaluation and whether his four levels are still viable. Well, based on where Kirkpatrick and his son James are today, I was completely wrong.
CLO Magazine
JULY 8, 2021
Most companies around the world rely on coaching for learning and development. According to Chief Learning Officer’s annual Learning State of the Industry report, coaching was rated among the top three delivery methods for learning. percent expect the use of coaching to increase throughout the next 12 to 18 months. Further, 55.8
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Dashe & Thomson
MARCH 15, 2011
Some companies will use “Level 2: Learning” to measure whether the learners have mastered the training course content. And as time has gone by, I have started to wonder about the validity of Kirkpatrick in today’s world. The focus is on the training event itself and the follow-up to that event. But it wasn’t. She enhanced it.
Learning Rebels
APRIL 20, 2015
To “Kirkpatrick” or not to “Kirkpatrick”, that is the question. Many a person has debated the Kirkpatrick evaluation taxonomy. To name a few: Dan Pontefract: Dear Kirkpatrick’s: You Still Don’t Get It (a personal favorite). Jane Bozarth: Alternatives to Kirkpatrick .
The Performance Improvement Blog
MAY 23, 2011
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? What do you think, is it worth the bother?
Dashe & Thomson
JANUARY 20, 2012
Recent research by ASTD and REED Learning indicates that the top skills desired by Learning & Development departments are measuring and evaluating training. Reaction: To what degree did the learners react favorably to the training experience? Kirkpatrick calls this Return on Expectations, or ROE. According to Donald L.
Upside Learning
AUGUST 31, 2009
In the fifty years since, his thoughts (Reaction, Learning, Behavior, and Results) have gone on to evolve into the legendary Kirkpatrick’s Four Level Evaluation Model and become the basis on which learning & development departments can show the value of training to the business. You can download the paper here.
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