To my surprise, reading scores were consistently higher on the computerized test – about a point higher. Half the students were randomly assigned the computerized version and the remaining half took the test, as usual, on paper. The organization has been pilot testing computerized versions of the SAT for several years and in 2019, it published the results of an October 2016 experiment that directly compared paper-and-pencil and computerized versions among more than 5,000 11th and 12th grade students at 55 schools. It may be most instructive here to look at the College Board’s own research. Other studies have shown almost no difference between the two modes. An earlier 2006 study found that low-income students scored better on paper exams than digital ones. Students seemed to do better on computers in English and social studies, but better with pencil and paper in math. A 2009 analysis of 81 multiple choice tests given to elementary, middle and high school students directly compared paper versus digital versions.
Educators and testing experts surmised that many students weren’t comfortable working on a computer, or weren’t familiar with the computer they had to use for the exam that day. The College Board’s announcement that it is ditching the paper-and-pencil SAT in 2024 and administering the college admission exam only by computer raises a confounding question: do students perform better on paper or digital tests?īack in 2016, Ben Herold of Education Week reported that grade-school students who took the computerized version of a different test, the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC), in 2014-15 scored lower than students taking the paper-and-pencil version.
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