Registration Fee: $399 for Members / $598 Non-Member (includes LTEN Membership Dues)

Certification testing is a requirement for most life science training programs. We must prove that our employees are properly trained and have mastered the required material. But many of the testing strategies used by life science companies are not valid and would not stand up to scrutiny if challenged.

This workshop will cover the essentials of what is required to create fair, valid and reliable exams:

·       What is reliability and validity?
·       How are reliability and validity related?
·       How do you ensure that your tests are fair?
·       Rules for writing valid questions
·       Setting valid and defensible passing scores
·       Using item analysis to improve your questions and exams
·       Creating an assessment strategy

This workshop is for those who want to ensure their exams are fair, reliable and valid, or for those who just want to improve the quality of their exams.

At the completion of this workshop participants will be able to design assessments that:

·       Stand up to professional scrutiny by creating exams that are fair, valid and reliable
·       Differentiate between stronger performers and weaker performers
·       Identify learning gaps
·       Include innovative question types
·       Are error-free