Florida’s new standardized test for students will be mostly online, replacing traditional pencil and paper exams with more complicated computer-based questions. The shift is heightening anxiety inside ...

Students in elementary and middle schools across New York City will spend several hours a day learning through computer programs as part of a “sprint” to boost math and reading scores ahead of state ...

Australian students are increasingly taking tests on computers. This includes major tests used to check national progress on literacy and numeracy. The idea is this prepares students “for the future”, ...

Testing times: online exams produce different results to paper ones. NarongchaiHlaw/www.shutterstock.com The world’s most important examination is moving online ...

According to a recent statement, all IELTS tests – jointly administered by the British Council, IDP and Cambridge University Press & Assessment – is set to be fully computer-delivered after a “careful ...

Based on a study of more than 30,000 elementary, middle, and high school students conducted in winter 2015–16, researchers found that elementary and middle school students scored lower on a ...

Do the computer-based exams that are increasingly prevalent in K-12 education measure skills and knowledge as accurately as traditional paper-based tests? With news that millions of students who took ...