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Assessment of the equivalence of conventional versus computer administration of the Test of Workplace Essential Skills
Author(s) -
Whiting Hal,
Kline Theresa J. B.
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
international journal of training and development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.558
H-Index - 26
eISSN - 1468-2419
pISSN - 1360-3736
DOI - 10.1111/j.1468-2419.2006.00261.x
Subject(s) - test (biology) , equivalence (formal languages) , numeracy , reading (process) , psychology , computerized adaptive testing , computer literacy , rank (graph theory) , mathematics education , applied psychology , literacy , psychometrics , developmental psychology , pedagogy , mathematics , paleontology , discrete mathematics , combinatorics , political science , law , biology
This study examined the equivalency of computer and conventional versions of the Test of Workplace Essential Skills (TOWES), a test of adult literacy skills in Reading Text, Document Use and Numeracy. Seventy‐three college students completed the computer version, and their scores were compared with those who had taken the test in the conventional paper‐and‐pencil mode. Scores for the two groups for all three subscales were equivalent based on their means and variances. Rank order equivalency was demonstrated for two of the three TOWES subscales (Reading Text and Document Use). Additionally, participants rated the computer version of the test as easy to use.