International Test Commission
International Guidelines on Computer-Based and Internet Delivered Testing
Aims and Objectives
The ultimate aims of this project were
- to produce a set of internationally developed and recognised guidelines that highlight good practice issues in computer-based (CBT) and Internet-delivered testing
- to raise awareness among all stakeholders in the testing process of what constitutes good practice.
The aim was not to ‘invent’ new guidelines but to draw together common themes that run through existing guidelines, codes of practice, standards, research papers and other sources, and to create a coherent structure within which these guidelines can be used and understood. Contributions to the guidelines have been made by psychological and educational testing specialists, including test designers, test developers, test publishers and test users drawn from a number of countries.
Further, the aim is to focus on the development of guidelines specific to CBT/Internet based testing, not to reiterate good practice issues in testing in general. Clearly, any form of testing and assessment should conform to good practice issues regardless of the method of presentation. These guidelines are intended to complement the ITC Guidelines on Test Use (2001), with a specific focus on CBT/Internet testing.