The Race To The Top program strongly advocates the use of computer technology in assessments. Itdramatically promotes computer-based testing, linear or adaptive, in K-12 state assessment programs.Moreover, assessment requirements driven by this federal initiative exponentially increase the complexity inassessment design and test development. This book provides readers with a review of the history and basics ofcomputer-based tests. It also offers a macro perspective for designing such assessment systems in the K-12setting as well as a micro perspective on new challenges such as innovative items, scoring of such items,cognitive diagnosis, and vertical scaling for growth modeling and value added approaches to assessment. Theeditors' goal is to provide readers with necessary information to create a smarter computer-based testing systemby following the advice and experience of experts from education as well as other industries.This book is based on a conference (http://marces.org/workshop.htm) held by the Maryland Assessment Research Center for Education Success. Itpresents multiple perspectives including test vendors and state departments of education, in designing and implementing a computer-based test in theK-12 setting. The design and implementation of such a system requires deliberate planning and thorough considerations. The advice and experiencespresented in this book serve as a guide to practitioners and as a good source of information for quality control.The technical issues discussed in this book are relatively new and unique to K-12 large-scale computer-based testing programs, especially due to therecent federal policy. Several chapters provide possible solutions to psychometricians dealing with the technical challenges related to innovative items,cognitive diagnosis, and growth modeling in computer-based linear or adaptive tests in the K-12setting.