Randy Elliot Bennett
Preparing for the Future: What Educational Assessment Must Do A Summary Paper
There is little question that education is changing, seemingly quickly and in some cases dramatically. The mechanisms through which individuals learn are shifting from paper-based ones to electronic media. Witness…
Validity and Automated Essay Scoring: A Summary Paper
In the United States, automated essay scoring is used in many large-scale testing programs. It can be found in postsecondary admissions tests (e.g., GRE revised General Test, TOEFL iBT, Graduate…
Consequential Decisions from Continuously-Gathered Electronic Interactions: Could it Really Work?
In an online learning environment, assessment information can be gathered continuously, ubiquitously, and unobtrusively. That information gathering can occur through an e-book, online course, game, or simulation. Some commentators have…
CBAL: Cognitively Based Assessment of, for, and as Learning
CBAL, an acronym for Cognitively Based Assessment of, for, and as Learning, is a research initiative intended to create a model for an innovative primary-and-secondary-school assessment system that provides summative…
What Does it Mean to Be a Nonprofit Educational Measurement Organization in the 21st Century?
This paper explores the meaning of nonprofit status in the field of educational measurement. Educational Testing Service (ETS), the largest nonprofit educational measurement organization, is used as a case study.…
Results and Lessons Learned from the NAEP Problem Solving in Technology-Rich Environments Study
The Problem Solving in Technology-Rich Environments Study was the last in a series of three field investigations funded by the National Center for Education Statistics to explore the use of…
Formative Assessment: Can the Claims for Effectiveness Be Substantiated?
In primary and secondary education, formative assessment has become a common theme at conferences, a standard offering in test company catalogues, and a focus for teacherin-service training. A key reason…
Technology and Writing Assessment: Lessons Learned from the
In this paper, I review the results of two research studies conducted for the US National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP). The studies concern doing writing assessment on computer. The…