Test Design and Delivery for Learning Professionals

Tests and assessments are a popular and often crucial tool for trainers and learning professionals, yet reliable frameworks for building them are difficult to come by. This 2-day course is designed to provide participants with guidelines and best practices for effectively channeling the full learning  potential of tests. 

This course on test design and delivery gives participants the opportunity to understand how to develop tests, apply them effectively, and test the validity of their own test. Through this hands-on workshop, participants will learn with the help exercises and the practical application of theories and techniques. Upon completion of this course, participants will have the knowledge, skills, and tools to design, create, and employ tests which meet organizational needs and follow professional standards.

After this program, you will be able to:

• Develop a test content outline and understand its value to the testing process.
• Identify the hallmarks of a good test question, and apply them to developing and evaluating test questions.
• Develop test forms including writing directions for examinees, page layout, and item sequencing.
• Use item analysis to identify and correct problem items.
• Use professionally accepted methods for setting a passing score for a test.
• Determine the appropriate mode of delivery, what score reports are needed, and who should have access to score reports.
• Evaluate a test to determine if the individual items and the overall test are functioning properly.