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title: Pre and Post Testing
description: Pre and Post testing is a great way to gauge the effectiveness of your course content or in-person training.
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# Pre and Post Testing
## Pre & Post testing is a great way to gauge the effectiveness of your course content or in-person training.
We recommend utilizing our [rapid refresh feature](https://support.edapp.com/rapid-refresh-feature?hsLang=en) due to the fabulous analytics. [Follow these steps](https://support.edapp.com/rapid-refresh-feature?hsLang=en#how-to-set-up-a-quiz) to setting up the quiz. To have both a pre AND post-quiz, simply upload the quiz twice.
#### Contents
[Structure](https://support.edapp.com/pre-and-post-testing#structure)
[Design tips](https://support.edapp.com/pre-and-post-testing#design-tips)
[Reading the results](https://support.edapp.com/pre-and-post-testing#results)
### Structure
1. The learner does the rapid refresh pre-test
2. Learner then takes the training
3. The learner then takes the same questions in the post-test
### Design Tips
- Having the same questions for pre & post gives you a better apples-to-apples comparison of the data
- To go the extra mile, you *can* ask the same questions in the post-test in a very slightly different way to avoid the learner purely memorising the answers from the pre-test. Not essential though.
- Space the testing a few days apart, giving time to retain and then recall.
**What's the difference between [standard lessons](https://support.edapp.com/how-to-create-quizzes?hsLang=en)?**
\- Lessons allow the learner to retake the quiz as many times as they want until they achieve the minimum score. The rapid refresh quizzes disappear after the learner takes them.
\- Lessons quiz slides have more variety (templates and pictures).
\- Rapid refresh analytics have a beautiful heat map but slide-level analytics are also available for lessons.
The best method depends on your program and your objectives. Ask your success manager for further insight.
### Reading the Results
All the learners have done the testing. AWESOME! Now what?
#### Let's take a look at an example
Sydney took a cyber security pre-test and there is A LOT of training needed...
Looking at the post-test, we can see some great results!
You can then go ahead and tell management "our training is working!!".
This is easy because it's a direct comparison.
**"But Q3 is worse??"** Correct! But at least we know that right? Here are some questions to ask yourself:
- Was the training information confusing?
- Do we need to focus more on this area in the training?
- Were they guessing in the pre-test and then guessing again in the post-test?
- Was the question wording confusing?
The key takeaway is you should do more investigation on Q3. Ask a specific learner;
> *I noticed you got Q3 right the first time, and not the second, was there something about the training that was unclear to you?*
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