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Beyond Multiple Choice: Nine Ways to Leverage Technology for Better Assessments |
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Wednesday, December 09, 2009 3:00:00 PM (EST ) | | Event Summary |
 | This web seminar will explain how assessments play a vital role in measuring people’s knowledge, skills and attitudes. Participants in this session will learn techniques for creating effective assessments that will help organizations improve performance, manage workforce competencies, and ensure regulatory compliance. | | | Who Should Attend |
 | Anyone interested in learning more about authoring, administering, and managing assessments or assessment programs, and issues related to assessment including validity and reliability.
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 | Call in Details will be sent via email prior to seminar | | | Full Event Details |
 | Assessments play a vital role in measuring people's knowledge, skills and attitudes. Effective assessments also help organizations improve performance, manage workforce competencies, and ensure regulatory compliance. How can you create and assessments that produce appropriate, actionable results? What can you do to ensure the quality of questions and the security of assessments all the way from authoring and scheduling to administration, reporting, and analysis? How can you make the best use of online authoring, reporting, analytical, and security tools?
Participants in this session will learn about:
* Matching the right question type to the right skill
* Constructing questions carefully
* Providing feedback to guide learning
* Organizing questions in a centralized item bank to facilitate collaborative authoring
* Providing a collaborative, secure authoring environment to broaden your base of potential authors
* Randomizing choices and questions
* Aligning the delivery environment to the stakes of an assessment
* Accommodating participant needs through blended delivery
* Analyzing results and sharing with stakeholders
The seminar will last approximately 50 minutes followed by a brief Q&A session.
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