Impact of Computer-Based Assessments on the Science's Ranks of Secondary Students
Computers and Society
2023-12-14 v1
Abstract
This study reports the impact of examining either with digital or paper-based tests in science subjects taught across the second-ary level. With our method, we compare the percentile ranking scores of two cohorts earned in computer- and paper-based teacher-made assessments to find signals of a testing mode effect. It was found that overall, at cohort and gender levels, pupils were rank-ordered equivalently in both testing modes. Furthermore, females and top-achieving pupils were the two subgroups where the differences between modes were smaller. The practical implications of these findings are discussed from the lens of a case study and the doubt about whether regular schools could afford to deliver high-stakes computer-based tests.
Keywords
Cite
@article{arxiv.2312.07789,
title = {Impact of Computer-Based Assessments on the Science's Ranks of Secondary Students},
author = {Eduardo A. Soto Rodríguez and Ana Fernández Vilas and Rebeca P. Díaz Redondo},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2312.07789},
year = {2023}
}