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Questions and answers

You may not need to evaluate every course or program. To determine whether or not to evaluate a particular course or program, consider the following:

Is the program/course important or significant enough to warrant evaluation?

  • Is there a legal requirement to carry out a program evaluation?
  • Will the results of the evaluation influence decision-making about the program/course?
  • Will the evaluation answer questions posed by your stakeholders or those interested in the evaluation?

You should evaluate those courses or programs where you answer “yes” for one or more of these questions.

Agencies are required to evaluate their training programs annually (5 CFR 410.202). 

For more information on training evaluation, go to pp. 33 and 34 in the Training Policy Handbook. You may also reference the Training Evaluation Field Guide on OPM’s website and OPM’s Training and Development wiki. 

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