Reflection on Week 12 Reading

I think no one will doubt that computer-based testing is much more convenient for the test designers to run a test when compared with a paper-and-pencil based test. Different test setters can do the test at the same but not necessarily at the same place. With the aid of computer program, it can generate the real time reporting showing the marks of the test takers. However, there are some constraints when running a computer-based test. For instance, many test setters set the paper based on a paper-and-pencil one so there might be no big difference in terms of the design of the test and the test type may be restricted to MC, gap-filling or matching. The computer cannot make personal judgment so open-ended questions might not appear in a computer-based test.