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Peer reviewedBennett, Randy Elliot – State Education Standard, 2002
This article discusses some of the advantages of computer-based testing and highlights efforts by several states and organizations to introduce electronic assessment. It also describes the challenges policymakers face in planning and implementing such an initiative and details the steps they can take to pursue this type of testing. As electronic…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Testing, Educational Technology, Elementary Secondary Education, Large Scale Assessment
Peer reviewedRussell, Michael; Haney, Walt – Education Policy Analysis Archives, 2000
Summarizes recent developments in the use of technology in schools and state-level testing programs. Presents results of two studies, one with 114 students and one with about 200 students, that indicate that written tests administered on paper underestimate the achievement of students accustomed to working with computers. (SLD)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Testing, Educational Technology, High School Students, High Schools
Download full textCongress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Office of Technology Assessment. – 1992
This report is aimed at helping Congress: (1) better understand the functions, history, capabilities, limitations, uses, and misuses of educational tests; (2) learn more about the promises and pitfalls of new assessment methods and technologies; and (3) identify and weigh policy options affecting educational policy. To prepare this report, the…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Educational Assessment, Educational Policy, Educational Technology
