Inexorable and Inevitable: The Continuing Story of Technology and Assessment

摘要: This paper argues that the inexorable advance of technology will force fundamental changes in format and content assessment. Technology is infusing workplace, leading to widespread requirements for workers skilled use computers. also finding a key place education. occurring not only because skill has become workplace requirement. It happening provides information resources central pursuit knowledge medium allows delivery instruction individuals who couldn’t otherwise obtain it. As becomes more schooling, assessing students different from one which they typically learn increasingly untenable. Education leaders several states numerous school districts are acting on implication, implementing technology-based tests low- high-stakes decisions elementary secondary schools across all areas. While some these examinations already being administered statewide, others take years bring fully operational status. These groundbreaking efforts undoubtedly encounter significant difficulties may include cost, measurement, technological-dependability, security issues. But most importantly, state need go beyond initial achievement computerizing traditional multiple-choice create assessments facilitate learning ways measures cannot.