How are test answers scored?
After student answer booklets are received and checked in, they are optically scanned to capture all multiple-choice answers, as well as the written student responses to open-response questions and writing prompts. Our high-capacity scanning systems use the latest technology with a variety of data-capture techniques. Specific quality control procedures developed for each project assure data integrity. Scoring operations for non-multiple-choice responses take place at various sites across the country and involve thousands of individuals, all of whom meet or exceed our exacting qualifications. Finally, data processors and psychometricians complete the data analyses and generate reports.
