Chapter 11: A Computer-Based, Team-Based Testing System

Consider a multiple-choice examination in a high-school or college course. Students shuffle in and are seated in a crowded classroom. The instructor, who has made 90 collated, stapled copies of the test, first distributes either fill-in-the-bubble or plain-numbered answer sheets, followed by the test. The instructor tries to prevent cheating attempts as some students are tempted to look at their neighbor’s answer sheet and/or slip an extra copy of the test in their personal items to give to their friends later. Once the allotted time expires, students turn in their tests and answer sheets and leave the classroom, with the assumption that they will be informed of the results in, perhaps, a few days to a week. The instructor then gathers the answer sheets and scores them or takes the fill-in-the-bubble sheets to a testing center to be scored.