William C. Ward

TL;DR: In this article, a system and method for computer-based testing comprises a test development system (10) for producing a computerized test, a test delivery system (12) for delivering the computerised test to an examinee, a workstation (3) on which the test is delivered to the examinee and a data distribution system (18) having an examinatione performance database and a file processing component for receiving files from the computer based testing system (2).

TL;DR: This paper found that the performance of Black research participants on ability test items portrayed as a problem-solving task, in laboratory experiments, was affected adversely when they were asked about their ethnicity, which was attributed to stereotype threat.

TL;DR: The Computer-Based Testing: Building the Foundation for Future Assessments (CBT) colloquium as discussed by the authors was held in 2008 to assess the current and future status of CBT.

TL;DR: In this paper, Tatsuoka et al. present a framework for studying differences between multiple-choice and free-response test items, and present a set of models appropriate for Constructed Response and differential item functions.

Abstract: Measures of divergent thinking were administered to 34 7and 8-year-old boys in a permissive testing context and without time limits. Individual differences were reliable across tests and independent of IQ, in contrast to typical findings in studies employing an ability-testing atmosphere. In 87 kindergarten children, similar results were obtained for tests with semantic content but not for one whose content was figural. However, there was intertask consistency in test involvement despite this partial inconsistency in response totals, suggesting that a unitary creativity dimension is present in kindergarten children but is not measured by the figural test at this age. The response style "reflection-impulsivity" was unrelated to creativity, although hypothesized antecedents of this dimension are identical to those which have been proposed for various creativity subgroups. A measure of artistic preference also failed to relate significantly to creativity scores.