This Test is for You: Standardized Testing is a Communal Rite of Passage. Computer-Adaptive Testing is About to Make Those Rites Very Individual
High-tech innovations in computer-adaptive testing, or CAT, are forcing educators to reconsider the way standardized tests are administered and evaluated … Both your job and the education your children receive are largely determined by performance on standardized tests, so you can’t escape the spectre of this kind of testing. Nor can you escape the spectre of CAT.