Electronic assessment
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Electronic assessment, also known as e-assessment, computer assisted/mediated assessment and computer-based assessment, is the use of information technology in educational assessment. This definition embraces a wide range of student activity ranging from the use of a word processor to on-screen testing. Due to its obvious similarity to e-learning, the term e-assessment is becoming widely used as a generic term to describe the use of computers within the assessment process. Specific types of e-assessment include computerized adaptive testing and computerized classification testing. E-assessment can also refer to e-marking.
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Advantages
It has also been noted that in regards to university level work, providing electronic feedback can be more time-consuming than traditional assessments, and therefore more expensive.[1]
In 1986, Lichtenwald investigated the test validity and test reliability of either personal computer administration or a paper and pencil administration of the Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test-Revised (PPVT-R). His project report included a review and analysis of the literature of pre mid 1980’s E-assessment systems.[2]
A review of the literature of E-assessment from the 1970s until 2000 examined the advantages and disadvantages of E-assessments.[3]
A detailed review of the literature regarding advantages and disadvantages of E-assessment for different types of tests for different types of students in different educational environment from childhood through young adulthood was completed in 2010.[4]
Interoperability
To assist sharing of assessment items across disparate systems, global standards such as the IMS Question and Test Interoperability specification (QTI) have emerged.
Note on terminology
A nuanced distinction exists between computer assisted/mediated assessment and computer-based assessment. The former refers to using electronic methods to capture and transfer responses between a trainee and a human assessor, the computer playing a role that is extrinsic to the actual assessment; the latter points to the computer itself marking or assessing responses provided by candidates.[citation needed]
Application
E-assessment can be used not only to assess cognitive and practical abilities but anxiety disorders, such as social anxiety disorder, i.e. SPAI-B. Widely in psychology.[2]:4-10 Cognitive abilities are assessed using e-testing software, while practical abilities are assessed using e-portfolios or simulation software.
See also
- Cambridge Neuropsychological Test Automated Battery
- Computer-adaptive test
- Computerized classification test
- E-learning
- CDR Computerized Assessment System
References
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- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Lichtenwald, Terrance G. (1986). “An Investigation of the validity, reliability, and acceptance by children of a microcomputer administration of the Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test-Revised (PPVT-R),” http://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED558200.pdf
- ↑ Millsap, Claudette M. (2000). “[1] by CM Millsap – 2000 Comparison of Computer Testing versus Traditional Paper and Pencil”
- ↑ Blazer, Christie (2010). “U.S. Department of .files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED544707.pdf Information Capsule,” Research Services, Volume 0918.
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Further reading
- Laumer, S., Stetten, A. & Eckhardt, A. (2009) E-Assessment. Business & Information Systems Engineering, 1 (3), 263–265. doi: 10.1007/s12599-009-0051-6.
