ABSTRACT
This chapter explains the topic of score comparability in an era when technology is rapidly changing how large-scale standardized assessments are built and delivered. The comparability of different testing conditions, modes, and delivery devices might be thought of in a similar manner. The comparability research agenda focuses on identifying those interactions among test questions, test conditions and examinee groups when assumptions of score comparability can be called into question. The author presents the problem of score comparability and reviews the research on comparability between paper-and-pencil and computer-based assessments as well as the comparability of accommodated tests with standard tests. Technology-enhanced items are characterized by their use of technology to capture and score student responses in computer-delivered tests in ways that extend beyond traditional selected-response or constructed-response items. The authors also includes the research on emerging score comparability issues that have arisen with the advent of technology-enhanced measures and the use of tablets and other devices for test administration.
