Subject: Training Effectiveness
Date: Thu, 16 Sep 1999 15:53:25 -0400
From: "Kelly Speiser"
To: "QS List Post"
QS Listserv Members: I pass this along from a Training Listserv for which I am a member. I thought this is of specific interest to those complying with ISO.
"If you are involved in measuring the effectiveness of training, this might be of interest. The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and Westinghouse are making TRANS-MEASURE, a transfer of training measurement and improvement tool, available to U.S. businesses, consultants, educational institutions, government agencies, non-profit organizations, and individual citizens at no-cost to recipients through a federal sharing program. TRANS-MEASURE provides organizations with the following information for their training courses:
+ Transfer of Training Rate -- the percentage of skills successfully transferred from the learning setting to the job.
+ Prior Knowledge Rate -- the percentage of skills that trainees already knew how to perform before taking the training.
+ "Didn't Stick" Rate -- the percentage of skills presented in a training course that the trainee cannot perform six months after training.
+ Value-Added Rating -- the amount of skills critical to the success of the organization learned during the training and performed frequently on themjob.
TRANS-MEASURE is an streamlined, user-friendly offspring of the Westinghouse-developed Transfer of Training Evaluation Model. This is a complete, turnkey package that can be administered by nearly every type of organization with no modification necessary. To obtain TRANS-MEASURE at no cost, fill out an application at the DOE/Westinghouse technology transfer website
Forwarded to you by
Kelly Speiser
Jackson MI