Skill Building Measurement and Evaluation Workshops

Bring this highly engaging workshop in-house to equip your L&D team with a powerful, comprehensive approach to measurement and evaluation. Participants will gain practical tips and specific guidelines for creating valid, scientifically sound Level 1, 2, 3, and 4 evaluations that produce credible data with high perceived value. These tips and guidelines are grounded in current education and behavioral science research findings in test creation and survey design methodology.

After attending this workshop, you will be able to:

• Use the 5 Level evaluation model to build a “chain of evidence” demonstrating training program value.
• Create Level 1 evaluations that produce highly valued data and can be used to predict participant post-training behavior.
• Create valid, scientifically sound multiple-choice, true/false, matching, and fill-in-the-blank Level 2 quizzes and tests that prove whether participant learning occurred.
• Identify the difference between test questions that measure job application versus those that measure mere recall.
• Create scientifically sound Level 3 participant surveys that measure on-the-job behavior change.
• Use a two-phase, eight-guideline process for conducting Level 4 evaluations that connect a learning program with business results.
• Use statistics to summarize quantitative and qualitative evaluation data and interpret and draw conclusions from the results.

Equip your L&D team with a five-step process for creating Level 3 surveys that capture on the job behavior change. You also will analyze the common mistakes made by many L&D professionals when creating Level 3 surveys and learn twelve tips and techniques for overcoming these mistakes. The tips and techniques taught are based on current education and behavioral science research findings in survey design methodology.

After attending this workshop, you will be able to:

• Use facts from a recent Association for Talent Development (ATD) measurement and evaluation research study to benchmark an organization's use of Level 3 evaluations.
• Avoid the common mistakes made by many L&D professionals when creating Level 3 surveys that result in the collection of misleading or invalid data.
• Implement 12 tips and best practices for creating Level 3 surveys that produce valid, scientifically sound data.
• Write powerful behavioral statements for capturing Level 3 evaluation data.
• Create a strategic survey communication plan for maximizing survey response rates.
• Use statistics to summarize quantitative and qualitative Level 3 survey data and interpret and draw conclusions from the results.
• Select the best way to report Level 3 survey data so that it has a high-perceived value for business executives.

Equip your L&D team with a five-step process for creating and validating Level 2 test questions. The focus is on creating valid, scientifically sound multiple-choice, true/false, matching, and fill-in-the-blank test questions. Particular emphasis is given to creating test questions that measure job application and not the mere recall of facts. The tips and techniques taught in the workshop also are based on current education and behavioral science research findings in test creation methodology.

After attending this workshop, you will be able to:

• Use facts from a recent Association for Talent Development (ATD) measurement and evaluation research study to benchmark an organization's use of Level 2 evaluations.
• Avoid the common mistakes made by many L&D professionals when creating Level 2 quizzes and tests that result in the collection of misleading or invalid data.
• Create test questions that measure job application, not mere recall.
• Implement 29 tips and best practices for creating Level 2 quizzes and tests that produce valid, scientifically sound data.
• Determine the ideal number of questions to include in a Level 2 knowledge test and establish a defensible passing score.
• Use statistics to assess the validity of a test or quiz question.
• Create your own valid, scientifically sound Level 2 knowledge test that measures whether learning occurred and demonstrates program value.