Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

1 Assistant Professor of Educational Department, University of Tabriz

2 Faculty Member of Payame Noor University, Urmia, Takab

3 Consultant at the Tabriz University

4 Teacher

5 Ph.D. Student of Educational Management, University of Tehran

Abstract

Aim: Electronic test is a result of the influence of technology in the domain of education that its use is increasing in Iran. This involves difficulties and obstacles that the main objective of this study was to evaluate pathological electronic tests in Iran. Method: Research method is descriptive-survey. The population of the research includes all staff and volunteers of English TOEFL test in 2014. Samples were selected by census method. 102 volunteers and 25 employees were related to the conduct of electronic tests were selected. Data collection tools included two researcher-made questionnaires including statements about various aspects of electronic tests. Data were analyzed by SPSS software and one-sample t-test and Friedman test. Results : Results show that problems from volunteers point of view sequentially are included: "Attitudes to electronic test", "test content", " fast, accurate and useful Feedback ", " volunteers training and preparing ", " officials staff accountability ", "safety test", " physical space of the test ", " software and hardware technical issues ". also problems from the perspective of official staff sequentially are included: "Running costs", " volunteers digital literacy ", "attitude", "employee motivation", "legal issues", "feedback", "supervision", "people familiar with the test," "planning, coordination and implementation "" security, "" space of implementation the test "," test technical issues. "Conclusion: electronic tests have many and different advantages but many injuries at their implementation have been identified that need to be modified over time.

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