There are many different tools that can be used to evaluate student learning. Here are 2 citations for journal articles in nursing that reviewed the literature on student evaluation in simulation:

Adamson, K. A., Kardong-Edgren, S., & Willhaus, J. (2013, September). An updated review of published

simulation evaluation instruments. Clinical Simulation in Nursing, 9(9), e393-e400. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecns.2012.09.004.

Kardong-Edgren, S., Adamson, K. A., & Fitzgerald, C. (2010, January). A review of currently published evaluation instruments for human patient simulation. Clinical Simulation in Nursing, VOL(6), e25-e35. doi:10.1016/j.ecns.2009.08.004.

The NLN also conducted early research in simulation and developed several tools.  The link to these tools can be found here:

/professional-development-programs/research/tools-and-instruments