<p>You can try <a href="https://www.codility.com" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Codility</a> or <a href="https://www.codechef.com" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Code Chef</a>. I am not sure if this is what you are looking for, but both are good for competitive assessment of programmers.</p>

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Y.S.
<p>There is the <a href="https://www.ets.org/mft/about/content/computer_science" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Educational Testing Service (ETS) Major Field Test for Computer Science</a>, a standardized multiple-choice test. Scores can be <a href="https://www.ets.org/mft/scores/compare_data" rel="nofollow noreferrer">compared to those at other institutions</a>, presumably on a per question basis. </p>

<p>The ETS website includes some <a href="https://www.ets.org/Media/Tests/MFT/pdf/mft_samp_questions_compsci.pdf" rel="nofollow noreferrer">sample problems</a>, which include questions about pseudocode, cache variables, trees, graphs, combinatorics, and regular expressions. It looks similar to the CS GRE, which was <a href="https://www.ets.org/gre/subject/about" rel="nofollow noreferrer">discontinued in 2013</a>.</p>

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<p>My university wants to develop an assessment procedure in order to evaluate the general (not for a specific topic or course) skills on computational thinking and programming languages of our students when finishing their degree. I am aware of code repositories containing programming challenges, such as <a href="https://icpc.baylor.edu/welcome.icpc" rel="noreferrer">ACM International Collegiate Programming Contest</a> or <a href="https://projecteuler.net/" rel="noreferrer">Euler</a>, that may be used for the assessment, but I was wondering if initiatives exist to define a common framework to assess these skills for computer science students. </p>

<p>I am thinking on something similar to the worldwide <a href="http://www.oecd.org/pisa/" rel="noreferrer">PISA</a> study (which evaluates performance on mathematics, science and reading by 15-year-old students) but adapted to the context of computer science (in particular computational thinking and programming skills). Are there any attempts to have this kind of standardised assessments?</p>

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I suspect that there are few answers appearing because there really aren't any such tests.
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Equivalent of PISA study for standardised assessment of skills on computational thinking and programming?
# Equivalent of PISA study for standardised assessment of skills on computational thinking and programming?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2017-11-06)

My university wants to develop an assessment procedure in order to evaluate the general (not for a specific topic or course) skills on computational thinking and programming languages of our students when finishing their degree. I am aware of code repositories containing programming challenges, such as [ACM International Collegiate Programming Contest](https://icpc.baylor.edu/welcome.icpc) or [Euler](https://projecteuler.net/), that may be used for the assessment, but I was wondering if initiatives exist to define a common framework to assess these skills for computer science students.

I am thinking on something similar to the worldwide [PISA](http://www.oecd.org/pisa/) study (which evaluates performance on mathematics, science and reading by 15-year-old students) but adapted to the context of computer science (in particular computational thinking and programming skills). Are there any attempts to have this kind of standardised assessments?

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> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: I suspect that there are few answers appearing because there really aren't any such tests.  

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## 2 answers

### Answer by username_3 on 2018-04-30. Score: 2 | Accepted answer

There is the [Educational Testing Service (ETS) Major Field Test for Computer Science](https://www.ets.org/mft/about/content/computer_science), a standardized multiple-choice test. Scores can be [compared to those at other institutions](https://www.ets.org/mft/scores/compare_data), presumably on a per question basis.

The ETS website includes some [sample problems](https://www.ets.org/Media/Tests/MFT/pdf/mft_samp_questions_compsci.pdf), which include questions about pseudocode, cache variables, trees, graphs, combinatorics, and regular expressions. It looks similar to the CS GRE, which was [discontinued in 2013](https://www.ets.org/gre/subject/about).


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### Answer by username_2 on 2017-11-07. Score: 0

You can try [Codility](https://www.codility.com) or [Code Chef](https://www.codechef.com). I am not sure if this is what you are looking for, but both are good for competitive assessment of programmers.


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