Advancements in the expectations and rigor characterizing instruction-training-learning in higher education and organizational training are clearly placing extraordinary importance on instructional evaluation. To be sure, traditional approaches to measuring and quantifying student learning and achievement remain a constant, however, numerous models of evaluation continue to evolve. In effect, increasingly more sophisticated qualitative approached are being used to describe and validate student learning and achievement in conjunction with corresponding effectiveness of higher education faculty and organizational trainers. What approaches do you favor in ascertaining student achievement or trainee competence? Have you utilized descriptive or qualitative methods in your approach to student or instructor-trainer evaluation?