Computer-Based & Paper-Pencil Test Comparability Studies

In some testing applications, ComputerBased Test (CBT) delivery is gaining popularity over the traditional PaperPencil-Test (PPT) delivery due to the several potential advantages that it offers, such as immediate scoring and reporting of results, more flexible test scheduling, the opportunity to include innovative item formats that are made possible by the use of technology, and reduced costs of test production, administration, and scoring. In most applications, test items on PPTs and CBTs are identical in terms of content and delivery sequence. The primary difference is the test delivery mode. During the last two decades, numerous comparability studies have been conducted on a variety of educational and psychological tests to examine whether test presentation mode affects examinee performance.