Search

The author presents her opinion on the importance of standardized educational testing and assessment for teaching and learning practices, advocating a reforming approach to educational testing rather than a complete elimination of testing and assessment as an accountability tool. She stresses the importance of validity in standardized tests, and she discusses the U.S. No Child Left Behind (NCLB) act, the SAT college-entrance test, and the U.S. Common Core State Standards.

The article discusses debate over the comparability and scoring fairness of computer versus paper-and-pencil educational tests designed for the U.S. Common Core State Standards by two state consortia to be used in 2015. Schools' transition to computer tests for English and mathematics, test validity, and educational equality are discussed, as well as the psychometric aspects of computer versus paper tests.