Competency Assessments

The Process

The steps in defining and delivering an assessment for a specific requirement are as follows:

• The specific skills or learning objectives for a group of users are identified.
• The context is agreed in which the assessment will be presented (e.g. As pre-course to the programme to be run by Prof. Terry Campbell) and the conditions under which it will be run (e.g. as an anonymous group exercise).
• A specific assessment is configured to cover these objectives and optional text included at various points in the assessment to explain the reason why a particular objective (or set of objectives) is important to that group. This helps to maintain the commitment of the user to complete the test.
• Users receive an email explaining the context, conditions and completion time requirements and are then free to take the assessment when they wish. A reminder email is sent at an agreed time before the assessment expires to those users that have not taken the assessment.
• A user will normally only be allowed to take an assessment once.

• The assessment consists of blocks of questions, each of which can be prefaced by introductory text. Questions are multiple choice or multi-selection and include a “not sure” option. This reduces false-positives or negatives as a result of guessing and allows the identification of areas that users think they understand but actually do not.
• Real-time reports at a group and individual level are available during and after the assessment. These reports can identify group and individual (where analysis isn’t anonymous) knowledge gaps.
• Learning Plan recommendations, including ILX Group Financial Awareness courses, can then be made for the group or individual.
• ILX Group courses contain Check Your Understanding tests that enable the user to ensure that they have reached a sufficient level of understanding of the course objectives.
• If required, the assessment tools can also provide more detailed post-course assessment to measure the level of understanding of the group. These assessments will normally contain a larger number of questions per objective to ensure that all key learning points have been tested.

Please contact us for more information and to arrange an online demonstration. You can contact us on + 44 (0)1270 611 600, training@ilxgroup.com or fill in an online information request form.