Comparative evaluationsIn this comparative essay I will compare the CIPP approach to evaluation and Kirkpatrick's four levels of training evaluation. 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 deals with an effective way to examine several distinctive aspects 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 the decision-making process associated with development and empowers the evaluator to recognize requirements, strengths, and resources to provide a program design that will be constructive and valuable. In the input evaluation phase, data is collected on the mission, expectations and program development. The rationale for this process is to measure the program design approach, capacity, and strategy in line with research, awareness of program stakeholder needs, and unconventional plans proposed in related programs. Process evaluation examines the effectiveness of program execution. In this phase, program activities are examined, recognized and measured by the evaluator. Product evaluation measures the successful and unsuccessful influences the program has had on its stakeholders. Short- and long-term results are also estimated at this stage. During this phase, the perceptiveness of stakeholders and significant personnel is questioned, examining the outcomes that influence program stakeholders. The use of mixed methodologies ensures all the final results of the article considering the intentions of the evaluation which vary from essentially procedural and scientific to determine the effectiveness of the program. The four levels of training evaluate reactions to the training, skill acquisition at the end of the training, behavior on the job as it has changed as a result of the training, and improvements in the overall program and outcomes. The Stufflebeam model analyzes what the program intends to do and facilitates program development decision making. This assessment template is best suited to the environment I work in because it is intended for use by administrators, managers, and other professionals. The model is designed for use in internal evaluations performed by organizations, carried out by individual administrators or managers, and in external contracted evaluations. (Stufflebeam, 2000, p. 279)