Organizations use learning assessments to assess knowledge, skills, or competence. The study will include information about test assessments and performance assessments, focusing on how organizations create them, who receives the results, and the effectiveness of these methods.
Key findings from the report include:
• 76% of TD professionals thought performance assessments effectively measured learning.
• 85% of organizations had employees take online test assessments on a computer or tablet.
• 58% of TD professionals thought test assessments effectively measured learning.
• 73% of organizations used TD or learning staff to create assessments.
Rocki Basel, Ph.D. joined the Association for Talent Development (ATD) in 2022 as the associate director of research. Before joining ATD, she was a researcher for other national membership organizations. Her research interests include workplace culture, employee engagement, mental health, and organizational communication. She has a Ph.D. in communication studies from Kent State University.
Dr. Alaina Szlachta, an academic-turned-entrepreneur, is the founder of By Design Development Solutions, a consulting firm specializing in data enablement. Drawing on her background as a researcher and public health educator, she partners with learning and operations teams to integrate measurement and evaluation systems into their daily practices. She is also the author of an upcoming ATD Press book, "Measurement and Evaluation on a Shoestring," a resource written to make M&E easier and more accessible for anyone - regardless of their expertise.
Ken is founder and CEO of Phillips Associates, a consulting and publishing company with expertise in measurement and evaluation of learning and predictive learning analytics. He has more than 30 years of experience designing learning instruments and assessments and has authored more than a dozen published learning instruments. He regularly speaks to Association for Talent Development (ATD) groups, university classes, and corporate L&D groups. Since 2008, he has spoken at the annual ATD International Conference on topics related to the measurement and evaluation of learning.
