Usually districts and state school boards make the decision about whether or note adaptive testing will be used. Adaptive testing is always technology based. Today we will dissect the concept for you...break it down into its parts then build it up into a unified picture for you at the end.

What's the difference between old paper and pencil testing and current adaptive testing? Standard tests have a question with an A B C D choice option. Usually a bubble sheet. Student has one chance of getting the right answer. Students can often use deductive reasoning to hone in on the most likely choice. The test is always the same for every person who uses it. If they wrote the test correctly the standard deviation is usually 80% on these traditional, pencil and paper, bubble sheet standardized assessments.