When Delaware switched to computer-adaptive testing for its state assessments three years ago, officials found the results were available more quickly, the amount of time students spent taking tests ...

British Journal of Sociology of Education, Vol. 38, No. 6 (September 2017), pp. 827-840 (14 pages) This article critically considers the promise of computer adaptive testing (CAT) and digital data to ...

Standards of Learning mathematics tests will be different for Virginia elementary and middle school students this year. But this change means math tests will be shorter. The Virginia Department of ...

I read with interest the article “Adaptive Testing Gains Momentum, Prompts Worries ” (July 10, 2013). All who publish computer-adaptive assessments should applaud legislative efforts to include ...

Cognitive diagnosis models provide profile information about a set of latent binary attributes, whereas item response models yield a summary report on a latent continuous trait. To utilize the ...

The Virginia Department of Education (VDOE) is continuing its efforts to reduce the time it takes for nearly 300,000 elementary and middle school students to complete its end-of-the-year Standards of ...

Students fail tests all the time. But it’s far more likely that today’s tests are failing students. In academic circles, they prefer to call them assessments instead of tests. But whatever they are ...

Various standardized tests are used across different states and grade levels. Schools and educators must prepare for student accommodations, testing security, and other related aspects. After 50 years ...