1. Module 8:
Assessment and Evaluation
Overview of Assessment and Evaluation
1Course Title:Designing and Delivering Successful Training Programs

2. • Measure whether or not the learning
objectives are being met.
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Assessment and Evaluation

3. • Gathers information in order to make decisions
about improvements in teaching and learning.
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Assessment

4. • Gathers information in order to make judgments
aboutlearners’ performance.
• Compares a learner’s performance
▫ with other learners
▫ with a set of standards
to determine a grade or a decision regarding
overall success.
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Evaluation

5. • Ongoing
• Purpose: to improve instruction and learning
Example:
▫ Asking students to submit
an outline for a term paper
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Formative Assessment or Evaluation

6. • Final
• Purpose: to measure quality of learning
Example:
▫ Assigning a final grade
to a term paper
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Summative Assessment or Evaluation

7. • Quizzes/Tests
• Pre and post-tests
• Homework Assignments
• Classroom activities/products
• Case Studies
• Papers/Essays
• Portfolios
• Projects
• Surveys/Interviews
• Discussion Forums/Boards
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Assessment/Evaluation Methods

8. Obtaining feedback from learners is also
important.
Areas to be evaluated could include:
1. Practicality of Content
2. Instructor’s Presentation Style
3. Level of Participant Interaction and
Activity
4. Training Materials and Resources
5. Training Environment
6. Meeting the Expectations of Participants
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Assessing Teaching

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Kirkpatrick's Training Evaluation Model
RESULTS
BEHAVIOR
LEARNING
REACTION
Four Levels of Evaluation

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Kirkpatrick's Training Evaluation Model
RESULTS
BEHAVIOR
LEARNING
REACTION
LEVEL 4:To what degree the targeted
outcome occurs, as a result of the learning
event(s) and subsequent reinforcement.
LEVEL 3:To what degree participants apply
what they learned during the training when
they are back on the job.
LEVEL 2:To what degree participants
acquire the indented knowledge, skills
and attitudes based on their participation
in the learning event.
LEVEL 1: To what degree
participants react favorably to
the learning event.

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Tips and Issues to
Consider when Developing
Assessment or Evaluation

13. • Is the assessment for formative or
summative purposes?
• What knowledge and/or skills do you want to
emphasize?
• What are the evaluation objectives?
• What are the instructional objectives and
the method of delivery?
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Tips and Issues to consider when Developing
Assessment or Evaluation

14. • How large is the class and what is the best
way to assess all learners effectively?
• Is the assessment reusable?
• Can you provide meaningful feedback?
• Can you administer tests frequently in order
to keep learners on task?
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Tips and Issues to consider when Developing
Assessment or Evaluation

15. • Use Rubrics
▫ to assist learners in successfully completing
the assessment tasks
▫ to assist the instructor to successfully assess
learning
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Tips and Issues to consider when Developing
Assessment or Evaluation

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Example

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