%% --- created: 2022-12-08T17:19:33-05:00 updated: 2022-12-08T17:19:33-05:00 --- topic: [[Assessing]] created: 2023-03-23 %% “_Performance Dimension Training focuses on familiarizing raters with the performance dimensions used in the evaluation system._ At the simplest level, PDT involves reviewing the definitions associated with each performance dimension.” (“Performance appraisal: state of the art in practice”, 1998, p. 8) - Select the rating tool is selected - Expose the raters in training to what each element of rating means - For Example: _Leadership:_ - focusing a team on what is most important and aligned with our organization's mission - providing directionality without constraining creativity - Matching decision-making process to situational constraints for decisions within the unit's control - Practice rating “making a series of practice ratings allows the raters to calibrate their individual performance standards to the rating scales. That is, it gives the raters an idea of the scale anchors they personally associate with different levels of competence. Subsequent feedback then allows the raters to check their internal calibration against an external standard.” (“Performance appraisal: state of the art in practice”, 1998, p. 9) %% tags: #note/idea | #on/ratertraining ##### Sources: Smither, J. W. (Ed.). (1998). _Performance appraisal: State of the art in practice_ (1st ed). Jossey-Bass Publishers. Chapter 11. Hauenstein: Training Raters to Increase the Accuracy of Appraisals and the Usefulness of Feedback