Program Evaluation Survey Template

Program evaluation survey template with 20 questions covering content, facilitators, before and after skills, workplace application, and impact.

Use this template

Copy this template into your account, then customize it to suit your needs.

This program evaluation survey template gives training teams, nonprofits, and education providers a complete printed questionnaire for measuring whether a program worked. It runs 20 questions across roughly six printed pages and takes participants about ten minutes to complete on paper.

What this survey measures

The form opens with participant background, including role, experience, cohort, and attendance, so you can segment results later. Dedicated sections then rate the program content on eight quality dimensions, check whether the pace and difficulty were right, and assess the facilitators on knowledge, clarity, feedback, and time management. A before and after section asks participants to rate four core skills twice, once for how they were before the program and once for how they are now, which makes growth visible in a single grid. Final sections cover application at work, barriers to using the material, a likelihood-to-recommend score, an overall value rating, and three open questions about what to keep, drop, or change.

How to use it on paper

Hand the survey out at the closing session or mail it to participants with a return envelope. Respondents cross the boxes with a blue or black pen. Scan or photograph the completed forms and upload them to PaperSurvey: the checkbox answers are read by optical mark recognition and the handwritten comments are transcribed automatically, so results reach your dashboard without manual data entry.

Customize this template

Rename the cohorts, swap the four skills for your own learning outcomes, and edit the barrier options to match your organization. The layout reflows automatically as you edit.

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Questions in this template

  1. Which best describes your current role?
  2. How many years of experience do you have in your field?
  3. Which program cohort did you attend?
  4. How many of the program sessions did you attend?
  5. How would you rate the following aspects of the program content?
  6. How was the overall pace of the program?
  7. How was the difficulty level of the material?
  8. Please rate your agreement with the following statements about the facilitators.
  9. How easy was it to reach the facilitators outside of the sessions?
  10. Understanding the core concepts
  11. Applying the methods independently
  12. Confidence presenting results to others
  13. Mentoring others in these skills
  14. Please rate your agreement with the following statements about applying the program.
  15. Which of the following have made it harder to apply what you learned? Cross all that apply.
  16. How likely are you to recommend this program to a colleague?
  17. Overall, how valuable was the program relative to the time you invested?
  18. What was the most valuable part of the program for you?
  19. What was the least valuable part of the program?
  20. What changes would you suggest for future cohorts?

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