Computer-Based Testing and the Internet

No topic is more central to innovation and current practice in testing and assessment today than computers and the Internet. This timely publication highlights four main themes that define current issues, technical advances and applications of computer-based testing: Advances in computer-based testing -- new test designs, item selection algorithms, exposure control issues and methods, and new tests that capitalize on the power of computer technology. Operational issues -- systems design, test security, and legal and ethical matters. New and improved uses -- for tests in employment and credentialing. The future of computer-based testing -- identifying potential issues, developments, major advances and problems to overcome. Written by internationally recognized contributors, each chapter focuses on issues of control, quality, security and technology. These issues provide the basic structure for the International Test Commission's new Guidelines on Computer-Based Testing and Testing on the Internet. The contributions to this book have played a key role in the development of these guidelines. Computer-Based Testing and the Internet is a comprehensive guide for all professionals, academics and practitioners working in the fields of education, credentialing, personnel testing and organizational assessment. It will also be of value to students developing expertise in these areas.

No topic is more central to innovation and current practice intesting and assessment today than computers and the Internet.This timely publication highlights four main themes that definecurrent issues, technical advances and applications ofcomputer-based testing:* Advances in computer-based testing -- new test designs, itemselection algorithms, exposure control issues and methods, and newtests that capitalize on the power of computer technology.* Operational issues -- systems design, test security, and legaland ethical matters.* New and improved uses -- for tests in employment andcredentialing.* The future of computer-based testing -- identifying potentialissues, developments, major advances and problems to overcome.Written by internationally recognized contributors, each chapterfocuses on issues of control, quality, security and technology.These issues provide the basic structure for the International TestCommission's new Guidelines on Computer-Based Testing and Testingon the Internet. The contributions to this book have played a keyrole in the development of these guidelines.Computer-Based Testing and the Internet is a comprehensive guidefor all professionals, academics and practitioners working in thefields of education, credentialing, personnel testing andorganizational assessment. It will also be of value to studentsdeveloping expertise in these areas.

About the EditorsList of Contributors.Introduction: the International Test Commission and its Role inAdvancing Measurement Practices and International Guidelines (T.Oakland).1. Testing on the Internet: Issues, Challenges and Opportunitiesin the Field of Occupational Assessment (D. Bartram).2. Model-Based Innovations in Computer-Based Testing (W. van derLinden).3. New Tests and New Items: Opportunities and Issues (F. Drasgow& K. Mattern).4. Psychometric Models, Test Designs and Item Types for the nextGeneration of Educational and Psychological Tests (R.Hambleton).5. Operational Issue sin Computer-Based Testing (R. Luecht).6. Intenret Testing: The Examinee Perspective (M. Harris).7. The Impact of Technology on Test Manufacture, Delivery andUse and on the Test Taker (D. Bartram).8. Optimizing Quality in the Use of Web-Based and ComputerBased Testing for Personnel Selection (L. Hornke & M.Kersting).9. Computer-Based Testing for Professional Licensing andCertification of Health Professionals (D. Melnick & B.Clauser).10. Issues that Simulations Face as Assessment Tolls (C.Johnson).11. Inexorable and Inevitable: the Continuing Story ofTechnology and Assessment (R. Bennett).12. Facing the Opportunities for the Future (K. Breithaupt, etal.).Index.