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Derar Serhan; Natalie Welcome – International Society for Technology, Education, and Science, 2023
Recently, institutions have increased their online course offerings as well as their online degrees. With this significant growth in online offerings, assessment integrity becomes a concern. In response to this concern, many institutions have adopted the use of online proctoring services. The aim of using these online proctoring services is to…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Testing, Privacy, Student Attitudes, Ethics
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Veal, Britney; Sadeq, Nasreen A.; Atkinson, Taylor J.; Andel, Ross – Health Education & Behavior, 2023
Objectives: Volunteering promotes well-being and may provide added purpose to life after retirement. Limited evidence exists regarding the characteristics and study adherence among those who participate in longitudinal studies while also volunteering outside the study. We assessed characteristics and adherence of older adults who volunteered…
Descriptors: Volunteers, Well Being, Longitudinal Studies, Cognitive Ability
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Nelson, Peter M.; Van Norman, Ethan R.; Klingbeil, Dave A.; Parker, David C. – Psychology in the Schools, 2017
Although extensive research exists on the use of curriculum-based measures for progress monitoring, little is known about using computer adaptive tests (CATs) for progress-monitoring purposes. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the impact of the frequency of data collection on individual and group growth estimates using a CAT. Data were…
Descriptors: Progress Monitoring, Computer Assisted Testing, Data Collection, Scheduling
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Saarivirta, Toni; Karppinen, Jenni – Educational Practice and Theory, 2016
Finnish university students graduate later than their counterparts in other countries. For several years, Finnish higher education policy, regulated by Finland's Ministry of Education and Culture, has aimed at fostering the graduation of students in a shorter time than at present. The study at hand provides insights into one of the reforms carried…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Student Experience, Computer Assisted Testing, Electronic Learning
Lazarus, Sheryl S.; Thurlow, Martha L.; Dominguez, Lauren M.; Kincaid, Aleksis; Edwards, Lynn M. – National Center on Educational Outcomes, 2014
A report analyzing how accommodated tests, and students with disabilities and the assessments they take, are addressed in state test security policies -- a subject about which little is known. This analysis was conducted to partially fill this gap. The report provides a snapshot of how accommodated tests for students with disabilities, alternate…
Descriptors: Testing, Information Security, Testing Accommodations, Students with Disabilities
Rennie Center for Education Research & Policy, 2015
The potential use of computer-based assessments has raised concerns from educators, policymakers, and parents about information technology infrastructure in school districts and the preparation of staff and students to use new technologies for assessment purposes, and the potential impact of testing activities on core school functions,…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Testing, Educational Assessment, School Districts, Case Studies
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Metz, Anneke M. – Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education, 2008
To better understand the dynamics of online student test taking, including the likelihood of cheating by large numbers of students, we examined test-taking patterns and outcomes of weekly online quizzes in two large undergraduate biology lecture courses. Students taking a quiz late in a 1-3-day quiz access period performed 10-15% worse on quizzes…
Descriptors: Science Tests, Biology, Lecture Method, Computer Assisted Testing
Patience, Wayne M.; Reckase, Mark D. – 1978
The feasibility of implementing self-paced computerized tailored testing evaluation methods in an undergraduate measurement and evaluation course, and possible differences in achievement levels under a paced versus self-paced testing schedule were investigated. A maximum likelihood tailored testing procedure based on the simple logistic model had…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Adaptive Testing, Computer Assisted Testing