Give all applicants a computer knowledge test or a series of tests to assess their grasp of the basics of what they will be expected to know before starting the job.

GED officials, meanwhile, say that a pilot of the computer-based tests showed that students finished faster, passed at higher rates and were more likely to retake a failed test.

They can send two-thumbed text messages at the speed of light; deploy an infantry of firebats to quash a Zergling attack against the Terran species in StarCraft while doing their algebra homework; and ...

New evidence of a "mode effect" on 2014-15 PARCC exams prompts a fresh look at research on the comparability of computer and paper-based assessments.

When students at Govans Elementary School in North Baltimore took statewide standardized tests last year, principal Linda Taylor said, some struggled with using a mouse to navigate the online asses… ...

HADLEY, Mass. – Aug. 19, 2009 – Pearson, the education and technology company, continues to grow its leadership position as the top provider of computer-based teacher certification tests, most ...

After decades of paper-and-pencil tests, the new results from the “nation’s report card” in writing come from a computer-based assessment for the first time, but only about one-quarter of ...

All school leavers will be tested in basic computer skills before they enter the workforce following changes to GCSEs and A-levels to be unveiled tomorrow. The plan will be included in a long ...