Going digital: Big jump in students taking computer-based state tests An Elwood Middle School student uses a Chromebook in teacher Erica Giordano's seventh-grade coding class on Friday.

That's the case for New York students who take the annual state tests for grades 3-8 in ELA, math and science, as most school districts are quickly converting to computer-based formats.

Computer-based test, also known as CBT test, refers to delivering assessments with computers as an alternative to using the pen-paper method.

Elementary and middle school students’ test scores were negatively affected by a computer-based exam interface that did not allow them to return to questions they had previously completed or ...

Four years after Maryland rolled out the PARCC test, some teachers worry that the online-testing model contributes to widening the achievement gap.

The switch from administering tests with paper and pencil to delivering them online has frustrated some students, teachers and even entire school systems.

The computer versions of the state English language arts and math tests are now working, after two days of problems, the state Education Department announced.

Instructors elected to administer either the paper-and-pencil test (PPT) or one of two computer-based tests (CBT) based on the availability of computers in their classrooms.

When students at Govans Elementary School in North Baltimore took statewide standardized tests last year, principal Linda Taylor said, some struggled with using a mouse to navigate the online asses… ...