The Shift from Paper-Based Test to Computer-Based Test in Italian National Assessment: the INVALSI Case.

In the last thirty year we assisted to the digitalization process of the educational space (Villani, 2018; Landri, 2014, 2018; Giancola, 2016). Nowadays several digital devices (laptop, Whiteboard IWB, electronic register, etc) have become fundamental tools for school, teaching and learning practices in Italy as well as the European countries. This trend has affected also the assessment process all around the world, for instance one of the biggest international large scale assessment program PISA (Program for International Standardized Assessment) created by OECD (Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development) started to implement the computer based assessment in 2012. The digitalisation process invested also the Italian Educational system creating changes in daily school practices. In 2016 the INVALSI (National Institute for School System Evaluation) in charge of the national and international assessment programs in Italy announced the shift from paper-based test to computer based test. In 2017 the Act N° 62/2017 modified the organisation of the Italian evaluation system, introducing amongst other, the use of the computer-based test (CBT) in the Italian national assessment program (PROVE INVALSI). This work presents the first results of an exploratory research which focus is the analysis of computer based-test implementation in Prove INVALSI program.