%0 Journal Article %J Reading and Writing Quarterly %D 2002 %T Information technology and literacy assessment %A Balajthy, E. %K Computer Applications %K Computer Assisted Testing %K Information %K Internet %K Literacy %K Models %K Systems %K Technology %X This column discusses information technology and literacy assessment in the past and present. The author also describes computer-based assessments today including the following topics: computer-scored testing, computer-administered formal assessment, Internet formal assessment, computerized adaptive tests, placement tests, informal assessment, electronic portfolios, information management, and Internet information dissemination. A model of the major present-day applications of information technologies in reading and literacy assessment is also included. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2005 APA ) %B Reading and Writing Quarterly %V 18 %P 369-373 %G eng