The days of bringing sharpened pencils and brushing away eraser shavings during standardized tests are numbered. That's the case for New York students who take the annual state tests for grades 3-8 in ...

A computer program glitch has, so far, foiled two days' worth of statewide standardized tests for grades 3-8. The state blamed the testing vendor. Calling the problems a "slowdown with the Grades 3-8 ...

Computer-based state testing was thrown into chaos across New York last week as persistent technical failures plagued schools for two consecutive days. The disruptions — affecting thousands of ...

NEW YORK (WBNG) -- The New York State of Education Department said many schools across the state are experiencing a slowdown in computer-based testing systems for third to eighth graders. The ...

SAUGERTIES, N.Y. — Students in grades 3-8 were impacted for a second day on Wednesday by a “slowdown” in the state’s computer-based testing system. The slowdown affected “a number of schools across ...

With its disproportionate focus on exams and its rigidity in moving to computer-based testing, the state is also culpable. Credit: Getty Images. The recent problems with New York’s school testing for ...

Journal of Allied Health, Vol. 29, No. 3 (FALL 2000), pp. 161-164 (4 pages) This study examined the equivalence of computer- and paper-based versions of an examination through score differences across ...

NEW DELHI: Union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan has indicated that National Eligibility cum Entrance Test for ...

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New York Department of Education has been phasing in computer-based assessments, rather than using bubble sheets and pencils. "There's a lot of frustration," Rockland BOCES spokesperson Scott Salotto ...