Online Testing: Fair or Foul?

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Thursday, July 13, 2006
This presentation is part of 3: Poster Sessions
Online Testing: Fair or Foul?

Description: This session will demonstrate strategies successfully used to promote reliable online testing and overall fairness in grading. Standardized test results from students enrolled in a traditional classroom are compared to those enrolled in a 100% distributed learning class. Recommendations focus on how to accurately measure learning without on-site monitoring of testing.
Presentation Format: Poster
Topic: Measuring outcomes: Student achievement and course success
Target Audience: Faculty and Other Instructors, E-learning Managers, K-12 Educational Staff
Appropriate Audience Level: Beginning or new users of WebCT, Experienced WebCT users
WebCT Version: Both WebCT Vista and WebCT Campus Edition
Abstract Text:
This poster session demonstrates test management strategies that reliably measure learning outcomes and supported fairness in grading. Experiences with organizing and supervising proctored testing throughout the country and the world are shared. Student perceptions of supervised versus unsupervised examination are discussed. Protocols for test design including student grouping, question randomization, and timing are reviewed as well as strategies for management of the online examination process in unsupervised environments. In addition, the influence of delivery method on content mastery is evaluated by comparing standardized test results from students enrolled in a traditional classroom to those enrolled in 100% distributed learning class. Recommendations for maximizing the utility of limited teaching resources and classroom space for testing are provided.

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Description:	This session will demonstrate strategies successfully used to promote reliable online testing and overall fairness in grading. Standardized test results from students enrolled in a traditional classroom are compared to those enrolled in a 100% distributed learning class. Recommendations focus on how to accurately measure learning without on-site monitoring of testing.
Presentation Format:	Poster
Topic:	Measuring outcomes: Student achievement and course success
Target Audience:	Faculty and Other Instructors, E-learning Managers, K-12 Educational Staff
Appropriate Audience Level:	Beginning or new users of WebCT, Experienced WebCT users
WebCT Version:	Both WebCT Vista and WebCT Campus Edition
Abstract Text:	This poster session demonstrates test management strategies that reliably measure learning outcomes and supported fairness in grading. Experiences with organizing and supervising proctored testing throughout the country and the world are shared. Student perceptions of supervised versus unsupervised examination are discussed. Protocols for test design including student grouping, question randomization, and timing are reviewed as well as strategies for management of the online examination process in unsupervised environments. In addition, the influence of delivery method on content mastery is evaluated by comparing standardized test results from students enrolled in a traditional classroom to those enrolled in 100% distributed learning class. Recommendations for maximizing the utility of limited teaching resources and classroom space for testing are provided.