Learners prepared as well. They shared their assessment preferences as part of the intake process. Participants filled out questionnaires about how they liked to learn and how they liked to be assessed. Top of Page Clarifying Assumptions As the members of the Advisory Board shared their evaluation needs and preferences, the need arose to clarify the beliefs about evaluation that surfaced in the discussion and to reach a consensus on what evaluation should entail. These statements reconcile the viewpoints of those involved.
Evaluation entails more than identifying the individual and group achievements of participants.
A variety of procedures are needed rather than one single measure of outcome. Evaluation activities provide qualitative as well as quantitative information and both Idnds of information are considered equally valuable. Activities and procedures are compatible with the assessment and evaluation preferences of those involved. The assessment of participants aims at identifying changes in learning and changes in the transfer of learning to the job. To determine which procedures were feasible or not, certain criteria simplified the decision-making process.