Implementing the Four Levels: A Practical Guide for Effective Evaluation of Training Programs

by Donald L. Kirkpatrick, James D. Kirkpatrick

In this indispensable companion to the classic book Evaluating Training The Four Levels , Donald and James Kirkpatrick draw on their decades of collective experience to offer practical guidance for putting any or all of the Four Levels into practice. In addition, they offer a comprehensive list of the ten requirements for an effective training program and show how to decide what to evaluate, how to get managers to support the evaluation process, and how to use the Four Levels to construct a compelling chain of evidence demonstrating the contribution of training to the bottom line.

Genres: Nonfiction, Education

168 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2007

About the author

Donald Kirkpatrick was Professor Emeritus at the University of Wisconsin in the United States and a past president of the American Society for Training and Development.

Reviews

[Jeromy Peacock · Rating 1 out of 5]

5 stars = Yearly re-read
4 stars = Re-read eventually
3 stars = Very Good
2 stars = OK
1 stars = Pass on this one
0 stars = Couldn't finish it

If Evaluating Training Programs: The Four Levels is the bones and Training on Trial: How Workplace Learning Must Reinvent Itself to Remain Relevant is the muscles and skin, then Implementing the Four Levels: A Practical Guide for Effective Evaluation of Training Programs is the makeup. If you have read the other two this one is not needed. Pass on this one.

[Jim Rustad]

It's always good to keep up on the basics! This covers tried and true ways to evaluate training.

[Natalie · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is the same as the "newer version", although definitely a few good tidbits in here that I don't think were in the newer edition of the book