Creating Assessments That Get Results Workshop

Note: We regret to advise this course is now full; further registrations will be wait-listed...

Overview

This two-day course instructs and engages participants in applying principles and best practices of assessment design, development, and delivery. The course addresses a broad range of issues related to the sound and effective use of assessments in business, training and education. It includes four modules:

1. Measuring Knowledge, Skills, and Attitudes through Needs Analysis and Assessment Techniques;
2. Motivating Learning with Questions and Assessments
3. Writing Sound Test Items and Building Valid and Reliable Assessments
4. Delivering Assessments Safely and Securely

Active learning, case study, and group project techniques are used to engage the participants. This course is designed for learning professionals who are responsible for education and training initiatives in their organizations and seek to enhance their ability to design, develop, and deliver effective assessments.

Registration and coffee from 8.15am... for a 8.45am Workshop start

Course Content and Objectives

Module 1:

• Create measurable objectives as a preliminary step to developing effective assessments.
• Define the difference between knowledge, skills, and attitudes.
• Identify 6 different kinds of question types and 4 assessment types.
• Identify when best to utilize each questions and assessment type.
• Apply the most appropriate forms of question and assessment types to the measurement of knowledge, skills, and attitudes

Module 2:

• Describe how questions can motivate learners and increase retention before, during, and after instruction.
• Discuss the benefits and best practices of using feedback.

Module 3:

• Define the meaning and importance of assessment reliability and validity.
• Define and describe the difference between norm-referenced and criterion referenced tests.
• Describe the elements and benefits of a test blueprint.
• State the "rules of thumb" for constructing quality questions for the most common item types.
• Create assessment questions following the best practices for item construction.
• Critique assessment questions for proper format and content.
• Use item statistics to evaluate the performance of a test item.
• Assemble a test form appropriate for the purpose, score interpretation, and audience of the test.
• Establish an appropriate cut-score for the goal of an assessment.

Module 4:

• Discuss the impact of low, medium, and high stakes have on the delivery of an assessment.
• Identify and describe up to seven security issues to consider when delivering assessments.
• Develop a delivery methodology based on an assessment's stakes and security issues.

Instructor

Rafael Lami Dozo is the International Manager for Questionmark Corporation. He is an experienced public speaker, having given several lectures at conferences and trade shows including Learnx Australia, E-learning Brazil, Elearn expo Paris, Expo Capacítate Empresarial, the Inter-American Distance Education Consortium, Amecap (Mexican Training Association), and the First Colombian Congress of e-learning. In addition, Rafael conducts workshops around the world on secure assessment technology and on the role assessments play in the learning process. Rafael holds a degree in Political Sciences and International Relations from Université Libre de Bruxelles and studied the export of technology at AWEX, the Wallon Export Agency in Belgium.