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Ash, Katie – Education Week, 2008
This article discusses the growing interest in computer-adaptive testing, which supporters say can help guide instruction, increase student motivation, and determine the best use of resources for districts. This method of testing shortens the test by not asking high-achieving students questions that are too easy for them, and likewise not giving…
Descriptors: Adaptive Testing, Computer Assisted Testing, Student Evaluation, Student Motivation
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Graham, Charles R.; Tripp, Tonya; Wentworth, Nancy – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 2009
This study explores the efforts at Brigham Young University to improve preservice candidates' technology integration using the Teacher Work Sample (TWS) as an assessment tool. Baseline data that was analyzed from 95 TWSs indicated that students were predominantly using technology for productivity and information presentation purposes even though…
Descriptors: Field Instruction, Work Sample Tests, Technology Integration, Educational Technology