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Ten Steps to Building a Learning Evaluation
Strategy
Godfrey Parkin and Sarah WardTuesday, April 11th, 2006 – SA Ballroom BISPI 44th Annual International Performance
Improvement Conference, Dallas, TX
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Can One Document Drastically Improve Evaluation?
Radically
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How Can You?
• Focus your overall evaluation program for consistent, high-impact results?
• Bring all your disparate elements into alignment with a single, powerful document?
• Get your policies, procedures, plans, instruments, and reporting tools into perfect harmony?
• Uncover and communicate your true value to the business—and build it further?
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The Key:
Learning Evaluation Strategy
(LES)
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1. Premise: A LES will Radically Improve Eval.2. Fight Back Against Futility3. Back to Our Roots: Our Purpose?4. What a LES is and Should Do5. The 10 Steps6. Start with a Strategy Statement7. Case Studies8. Obstacles and Overcoming Them9. Vision for Next 2-3 Years 10. Conclusion: LES is More!
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1. Our Premise:
A LES will Radically
Improve Evaluation
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Five Frank Questions About Your Evaluation Program
1. Are you still using a 10-question smile sheet? Yes No
2. Does your evaluation stop at Level 2? Yes No
3. Does most of your performance data disappear into a black hole?
Yes No
4. Does trying to calculate ROI give you sleepless nights?
Yes No
5. Does your evaluation output fail to have high-level impact?
Yes No
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2. Fight Back Against Futility
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If you can’t measure it, it doesn’t exist.
Persistently Annoying Business Maxim
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Most Training is Futile because It is Not Evaluated
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Most Evaluation is Futile because it is Not Well Done
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If you’re properly aligned to the business needs and the organisation recognises the
value of the training and development there shouldn’t be any need to be obsessed
with the figures after the event.
Martyn Sloman, Adviser Learning, Training and Development, CIPD, U.K.
(Chartered Institute of Personnel & Development)
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3. Back to Our Roots:
What is Our Purpose?
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What is the Purpose of Training?
Performance Improvement
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What is the Purpose of Evaluation?
To Measure Changes
in Performance
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4. What a LES is and Should Do
• Elevate the Status of Learning in the Organization
• Improve Training Operations• Improve Evaluation Efforts• Improve Organizational Performance
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What is a LES?
It provides you with the context and overarching approach
within which evaluation should take place.
A LES Creates the Structure for High-yield, Low-cost, Meaningful Evaluation
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What Should a LES Do?
• Set out organizational context, high-level goals, & overall evaluation approaches
• Tie these to organization’s strategy & goals
• Guide decisions about what data to collect, how to interpret it, how to act on the findings
• Form the foundation of policy
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5. The 10 Steps to Building a LES
MAJOR PHASESPrepare Team / Collect InputsResearch & AnalysisCreate the Strategy & DocsImplement Your Vision
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The Elements of a LES
• Strategy – describes the overarching structure, goals, and context
• Policy – sets the standards & approaches
• Plan – lays out the implementation including roadmap and schedule
• Procedures – specify step-by-step evaluation practices
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Planslay out
implementation
Creates the Structure for High-yield, Low-cost,
Meaningful Evaluation
Learning Evaluation Strategy
(LES)
Proceduresspecify how to
evaluate step-by-step
Policysets standards
and approaches
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Collects/ReportsHow is data obtained,
interpreted, and communicated?
Clarifies and Routinizes the Evaluation Process
Learning Evaluation Strategy
(LES), cont’d.
Delivers ValueHow are outcomes understood, valued
and acted upon?
Targets DataWhat information is needed for decision
making?
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Input to a LES
Learning Evaluation Strategy
Organizational Mission, Vision
and Goals
Legal and Regulatory
Requirements
Employee Performance
Factors
Customer Satisfaction
Factors
Training Department
Mission, Vision and Goals
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Developers of a LES
The LES Team
Core Project Team
Evaluation Project ManagerConsultants/SMEsISD Manager (or Representative)Key Line Managers
ChampionsHead of TrainingHis or Her Boss (Preferably a Senior VP, VP or CLO)
AdvisorsHuman Resources, IT,Market Research, Legal
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The 10 Steps to Building a Learning Evaluation Strategy
Step 1Know Your Limits
Your first evaluation strategy is often the hardest to create: ask for help.
Step 2Convene a Task Force
Your team should include stakeholders that need to give buy-in.
Step 3Look Around for Best Practices
Look at other organizations’ evaluation strategy documents, and interview them to identify best practices and pitfalls.
Step 4Map the Process
Have your team identify, map out, and critique the current processes that learning evaluation uses.
Step 5Conduct a SWOT Analysis
Specify strategic priorities, goals, potential obstacles, and immovable constraints
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The 10 Steps to a LES, cont’d.
Step 6Develop Your Strategy
Broadly identify alternative strategic approaches.
Step 7Document Your Strategy
Cover environment scan; values; vision & mission for the evaluation service; priorities; goals; & evaluation strategies.
Step 8Gain Stakeholder Buy-in
Review the draft LES document with all stakeholder groups, solicit their comments, and then make revisions.
Step 9Policy, Plan, and Procedures
Develop the policies, plan (schedule for implementation), and optimal procedures and instruments to carry them out.
Step 10 Roll-Out
If a radical departure, also develop a phase-in plan over several years. Prepare a pitch that “sells”. Include means of measuring your success.
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6. Start with a Strategy Statement
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Every LES Starts with a…
• Strategy Statement– Overarching description of your
evaluation initiative, its goals, and the approach for attaining those goals.
1. Overarching Concerns/Issues
2. Goals
3. Approach
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LES Sample Statements #1
• Overarching Concern– We are underrated in our ability to prepare
our employees and command an increasing share of our market. Currently evaluation is neither strong nor comprehensive and needs to be implemented wherever training resources are invested.
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LES Sample Statements #1
• Goals (one)– To support changes in performance
stipulated by the business and departmental goals laid out in the mission and vision statements.
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LES Sample Statements #1
• Approach (one)– Utilize existing sales and marketing data
for evidence of training achievement supplemented by sample-based surveys derived from customer interviews and employee satisfaction survey.
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LES Sample Statements #2
• Overarching Concern– We face increasing regulatory scrutiny
and need to ensure that our training addresses government-mandated competencies and repels the frequency and consequences of lawsuits.
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LES Sample Statements #2
• Goals (one)– Be able to measure and report on
compliance with regulatory performance requirements.
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LES Sample Statements #2
• Approach (one)– Tie government-mandated
competencies to curricula and measurements of performance compliance.
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LES Strategy Worksheet
1. Identify 1 Element or Issue
2. Describe the Overarching Concern
3. State the Goals
4. Specify the Approach
5. Work Together into a Paragraph Statement
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7. Case Studies
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Case Studies
Sample Evaluation Strategy for a Division of American ExpressCurrently there is no consolidated training
evaluation practice or system at all within….
Sample Evaluation Strategy for Your OrganizationCurrently training evaluation is ….
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8. Obstacles and Overcoming Them
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ObstaclesPersistent Concerns About Conducting Evaluation
1. No Payoff There is no payoff; nobody cares
2. No Support Management doesn’t support evaluation activities
3. No Know-howWe don’t know how to do it; our staff has limited
skills
4. No TimeEvaluation projects are chaotic, ad hoc “collateral
duties” that take too much time
5. No SystemOur courses are not developed using good
instructional design, so they are hard to evaluate
6. No Use Nobody uses evaluation results
7. No Respect We might look bad and lose credibility
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Obstacles & Overcoming Them
• Selling the LES– Politics are Unavoidable– Good Change Agentry Principles– Thorough Stakeholder Identification– Forge Relationships at Multiple Levels– Explain & Publicize the Benefits
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Obstacles & Overcoming Them
• Selling the LES, cont’d.– Learn About & Counter Perceived Roadblocks– Establish a Program Champion– Understand How Integration will Occur– Explain the Implementation Plan– Articulate the “WIIFM” at All Levels
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9. Vision for Next 2-3 Years
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Vision for 2-3 Years Down the Line2005 2006 2007 2008 and Beyond
L1 – Begin conducting for 100% of all courses and learners from 10/31/05
L2 – Begin conducting continuously on a course by course basis as each course is completed by outside vendor and hosted on the LMS
L2 – Be evaluating 100% of courses by 12/31/06
L3 Formative – Start performing formative evaluation on selected skill building courses (chosen by risk, scale and cost) starting in 4Q05
L3 Formative – Conduct on all skill building courses and curricula as they are being developed (during pilots)* or substantially revised (using same criteria)*
Conduct as courses and curricula are developed or revised
L3 Summative – Begin conducting across all competencies using BOS and Mystery Shopping beginning in 3Q06 or 1 year following deployment of training re-organization
If not done in 3Q06, conduct BOS and Mystery Shopping twice in the first full year following deployment of the training re-organization; otherwise conduct once ~6 mos. later
Conduct BOS and Mystery Shopping once per year thereafter, as revisions take place, or as critical issues arise
The key decision factors are: risk from course failure, scale of deployment, and the cost of development and operation.* If alpha and beta pilots are not conducted, then the first 5% of participants will be used for formative evaluation purposes.
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10. Conclusion:
LES is More!
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Conclusion: LES is More!
• Elevates the Status of Learning in the Organization
• Improves Your Training Operation
• Improves Your Evaluation Efforts
• Improves Your Organizational Performance
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Elevates the Status of Learning in the Organization
1. Supports Management Decision-making with Demonstrable, Undeniable and Pervasive Evidence of Performance
2. Makes the Case for Dramatically Improving Learning Effectiveness
3. Links Measures Learning Outcomes to Business Goals
4. Clarifies the Value of Your Unit
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Improves Your Training Operation
1. Positions Instructional Designers and Their Contributions as Key
2. Makes Instructional Designers’ Jobs Easier by Making Clear What will Be Evaluation, How, and When
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Improves Your Evaluation Efforts
1. Standardizes Evaluation by Creating a Strategy Statement, Policies, Procedures, Schedule, Plans, and Job Aids
2. Prescribes Simple, Straightforward Practices That Can Be Conducted by Modestly-trained Evaluators
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Improves Your Evaluation Efforts
3. Ensures That Only Necessary Data are Collected or Mined in the Most-Appropriate, Least Intrusive and Most Cost-Effective and Efficient Manner
4. Reports Outcomes and Recommendations to Appropriate Decision-makers in Formats and Language Suited to Their Needs
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Improves Your Organizational Performance1. Positions Evaluation as an Essential
Management Tool
2. Sets Up an Accountability Process for Acting on LES Recommendations
3. Provides a Mechanism for Continuous Improvement and Evaluation of the LES
4. Establishes a Process for Ongoing Quality Improvement of Organizational Performance in Areas Impacted by Training
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LES is More!• Evaluation can be Trapped in a Low-Level,
Mimimalist Regimen– Requires and delivers little– Burns resources and garners ill-will
• Should be Structured & Empowered– Prevent Waste of Significant Amounts of $
• Poor Evaluation Risks– Handicapping Performance– Eroding Competitiveness– Putting Learning Investments at Risk
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You Can Elevate Evaluation to a Profoundly Useful, Important Tool with a Learning Evaluation
Strategy (LES)
LES is More!
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LES is More!
Watch for Our Article in PIQ
Download Slides from Our Websitewww.alter-inc.com (under Evaluation)
Thanks to Karen Medsker!!!