With the completion in 2005 of the first Block Assessment of Training Transformation (T2), we can point to a successful beginning on the road to transforming joint training - and the larger goal of functioning as a key enabler for force transformation in DoD. The paper will present the assessment process and results, which are not only valuable for the impact on management of joint training but describe a methodology for devising policy metrics.

The Joint Assessment and Enabling Capability (JAEC) in OSD assembled a team of operations research analysts and training experts that developed four areas of assessment: (1) evaluation of program accomplishments against goals in the T2 Implementation Plan; (2) review of key initiatives that the T2 components have undertaken; (3) feedback from stakeholders; and (4) evaluation against independent assessment metrics identified by the study team.

The Block Assessment process and results illuminated the path for future assessments by defining program and management recommendations. The paper will describe our process for metric development, data gathering, and analysis. The final section will describe how we implemented one of the recommendations from the assessment: a persistent assessment framework to synchronize assessment activities at T2-related organizations, including identifying the metrics and training events being assessed.