Derek has trained a group of administrative employees to use a new casual employee timesheet and pay calculator.At the end of the training session he gives each trainee a bundle of 20 casual work records completed during the past week.He asks the trainees to enter the data and calculate the pay for each of the 20 casual employees.What type of assessment of the training program has Derek conducted?
A) evaluation
B) diagnostic
C) formative
D) summative

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Summative assessment is conducted at the end of a training program to evaluate its overall effectiveness and the learners' ability to perform the tasks it was designed to teach. By asking trainees to enter data and calculate pay for casual employees using the new system, Derek is assessing their ability to apply what they have learned in a real-world context, which is characteristic of summative assessment.

Derek Has Trained a Group of Administrative Employees to Use