Comparative assessmentsIn this comparative essay I will compare the CIPP assessment approach and the four levels of assessment of the Kirkpatrick training. This comparative essay will document the key components, how the assessments are similar and different, and how they can be used in my practice. Stufflebeam's CIPP (Context, Input, Process, and Product) model was created in 1983. This evaluation approach addresses an effective way to examine several distinctive facets of the development process. The context evaluation phase of the CIPP model establishes the main idea of ​​the program and the evaluation procedure. This phase supports decision-making associated with development and empowers the evaluator to recognize requirements, strengths, and resources in order to provide a program design that will be constructive and valuable. During the input evaluation phase, data is collected on the mission, expectations, and development of the program. The purpose of this process is to measure the program design approach, capacity and strategy aligned with research, awareness of the needs of program stakeholders and unconventional plans posed in related programs. Process evaluation examines the effectiveness of program delivery. At this stage, program activities are reviewed, recognized and measured by the evaluator. Product evaluation measures the successful and unsuccessful influences the program has had on its stakeholders. Short-term and long-term outcomes are also estimated during this phase. During this phase, the insight of key stakeholders and staff is challenged, examining outcomes that influence program stakeholders. The use of mixed methodologies ensures all results...... middle of document ...... consider the intentions of the evaluation varying from primarily procedural to scientific in determining program effectiveness. The four levels of training assess reactions to the training, skills acquired at the end of the training, work behavior in terms of how it was changed as a result of the training, and improvements in the overall program and outcomes . The Stufflebeam model analyzes what the program is supposed to do and facilitates the decision-making process during program development. This assessment model is best suited to the environment I work in because it is intended for use by administrators, management, and other professionals. The model is designed for use in internal assessments carried out by organisations, carried out by individual directors or management, as well as in external contracted assessments. (Stufflebeam, 2000, p... 279)