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Interservice
Procedures for Instructional Systems Development :
Executive Summary and Model (Continued...)
by Robert K. Branson, Gail T. Rayner and J. Lamarr Cox
BLOCK V.2:
CONDUCT EXTERNAL EVALUATION
Introduction
External evaluation is conducted in order to determine whether
the output of the instruction in the form of trainees who have been
sent to the field is serving the needs of the using command. The
external evaluator provides the fundamental data for quality control.
Those students who have met all of the instructional requirements
are followed into the field either physically or by questionnaire.
Performance is then determined by job performance measures, and
supervisors' evaluations are taken into account.
Ideally, the external evaluator would base his conclusions principally
upon actual job performance as measured by the JPMs
produced in Block
I.3 of the
ISD
model. Often, because of scheduling problems, DOS
testing, and other similar difficulties, some data will have to
be collected in another way.
Finally, the external evaluation report is prepared. It contains
the conclusions and the data upon which the conclusions were based.
Recommendations for any necessary revision are included in this
report.
Rationale
External evaluation is required to be sure the graduates or completers
of the instruction meet the expectations of the using command. These
expectations should have been initially determined in Block
I.1, ANALYZE JOB, and Block I.3,
CONSTRUCT JOB PERFORMANCE MEASURES. If the job has been carefully
defined, the appropriate tasks selected for instruction, and the
job performance measures are consistent
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