Why are HR and training professionals interested in online assessment?
An online survey of 227 companies by Question Tools asked the respondents to choose the primary reason for their interest in online assessment technology: 29% need to track skills/knowledge for CPD in regulatory environments 24% want to pre-test the skills of potential new recruits to ensure they meet basic standards 22% want to identify individual employee’s skills/knowledge needs to plan appropriate development 11% want to identify common development needs to assist in strategic HR planning 7% want to give individual staff members the opportunity to rate their own skills/knowledge needs in an anonymous and objective way 6% find marking paper-based tests places a big burden on trainers and is not a good use of their time 1% felt computer-based testing gave more accurate results than other forms of assessment However, 87% of the respondents also cited the cost and complexity of e-assessment projects as significant obstacles to putting their tests online. They recognised that online ass
