FROM THE HISTORY OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF COMPUTER TESTS
The article deals with the formation and development of computer tests in the education system. Based on the analysis of the content of works by foreign authors, theprimary experience of using teaching devices and machines in the educational process is traced. The contribution of the pioneers in this direction, S. Pressi and G. Paska, is noted. Particular attention is paid to the ideas of the 60s and 70s on the use of electronic computers for teaching and control, on the use of machines in pedagogical testing. The analysis of the form of computer testing is carried out. The work on determining the advantages and disadvantages of computer tests is generalized.