Based on the working papers and the results of seminar discussions on the evaluation of vocational education in various European countries, this volume summarizes current European thinking on the evaluation of training programs. Chapter 1 describes and defines the different levels of analysis which can be used in evaluation: analysis in the domains of socioeconomic policy, manpower policy, training policy, and evaluation within the training program itself. Chapter 2 deals with evaluation within the various domains, i.e., the evaluation of training programs. Chapter 3 covers evaluation within the training programs, e.g., the assessment of trainees and of teaching methods. Chapter 4 discusses cost benefit analysis techniques as applied to vocational training. Chapter 5 presents an overview of evaluation and its practical implementation. A number of papers follow the overview given in each chapter, selected to give practical examples of the theoretical discussion. (JT)