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http://www.indystar.com/article.php?test23.html

Computer testing pilot wins educators' praise
Barb Berggoetz

Results of student statewide tests completed in minutes? A computer grading answers to essay questions? ... Actually, Indiana is quite serious about matching technology with its student testing programs. Beginning Monday and continuing through June 14, high school juniors -- 29,300 in all -- will take an English exam online as part of a pilot project that may usher in a new generation of automated statewide testing. "It can revolutionize the way we do things in testing," State Superintendent of Public Instruction Suellen K. Reed said during a Monday demonstration of the computerized program....


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