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Scantron Exam Grading Manual- iNSIGHT 4 ES May, 2016

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ScantronExamGradingManual-iNSIGHT4ESMay,2016

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ScantronExamGradingInstructions-TableofContents

1. BeforeyouBegin......................................................................................................................3

2. AnswerKeyOptions(IMPORTANT)..........................................................................................3

3. PreparingtheScantronMachineandScantrons.......................................................................5

4. SettinguptheScoringSession..................................................................................................6

5. ScanningtheForms..................................................................................................................8

Errorsthatmayoccurwhilescanningtheforms.............................................................................8

Whattodointhecaseofapaperjam............................................................................................8

6. EditingtheAnswerKeysandTestProperties............................................................................9

UsingMultipleAnswerKeys(6.1)....................................................................................................9

UsingaSingleAnswerKey(6.2)....................................................................................................10

7. RemarkQuickStatsandExportingScoreReports...................................................................12

TheReportTab..............................................................................................................................12

TheDataTab.................................................................................................................................13

8. SavingtheSessionandTurningoffthemachine.....................................................................14

9. AppendixofReportOptions...................................................................................................15

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1.Beforeyoubegin1.1.ThismachineonlyreadsScantronFormF-288(red,200questions,2sided)

1.1.1Thisformhastworequiredfieldsandtwooptionalfields.- Studentsarerequiredtofillout

theirIDnumberandtheirfirstandlastnames(onthefrontofthescantronformonly)

- Studentshavetheoptiontofillouttheirphonenumber(onthefront)andtheTestForm(ontheback)iftheteacherwouldlikethemto

1.2Thereisnointernetorprinterconnectedtothiscomputer.ThiscomputerisonlyintendedforscoringScantronforms;onceprocessedyoucanprint,review,andpostthereports/scoresusingtheSEIorSBSGcomputerlabs.1.3YouwillneedtobringaUSBflashdrivewithyoutosavethescoringsession/report.DonotsaveanyfilesonthecomputerconnectedtotheScantronMachine.Saveallresults/reportsandscoringsessionsonyourUSBdriveandbringitwithyou.Thisisyouronlyrecordofthescoressosaveitandguardit.1.4TheAnswerKeycanbeenteredinanyoffourways(seesection2formoredetailsBEFOREyoubeginscanning):

A.AnswerKeyscannedasthefirstscantron(withallstudentscantrons;2A)B.AnswerKeyscannedWITHstudentscantrons(notnecessarilyfirst;2B)C.AnswerKeyscannedAFTERallstudentscantronshavebeenscanned(2C)D.AnswerKeyenteredmanuallyAFTERstudentscantronshavebeenscanned(2D)

1.5TheScantroniNSIGHT4ESmachinereadsbothsidesofthescantron.Italsohastheabilitytoscaneachscantronandsavethescanasanimage.Thisuseslotsofspace,soifyoudecidetosaveimagesofthescantronsbesureyourUSBdrivehaslotsofroom.1.6TheRemarkClassicOMRprogramdoesnotstore“default”options.Thereforewhenyouloadtheprogram,itwillautomaticallyloadtheoptionsselectedfromthepreviousscanningsession.Thishandbookprovidestherecommendeddefaultselections.Besuretopaycarefulattentiontotheserecommendeddefaultsinordertoavoidselectingoptionsthatmaynotbeapplicabletoyourtest.

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2.AnswerKeyOptions(IMPORTANT)ThereareFOURdifferentmethods(A,B,C,orDbelow)youcanusetoentertheanswerstoyourtest.ItisimportanttodecidewhichmethodyouwilluseBEFOREyoubeginscanningstudentscantrons.First,beawareofwhetheryourtesthasmultipleversionsorjustone.Ifithasmultipleversionsandyouplanonscoringallversionsinonesession,instep4youshouldNOTuse“QuickGrade”andyoushouldNOTusethe“print”option!Insteaduse“AdvancedGrade”whenyouhavemultipleversions.

A. AnswerKeyscannedastheFIRSTscantron-Youcanchoosetoscanyouranswerkeyatthetopofpile,alongwithalltheotherstudentscantrons.(Moreinfoinsection6.4.1)

- IfyoudecideonthisoptionandhaveaSINGLEANSWERKEY…o Instep4,youcanchoosetoscanusing“QuickGrade”insteadof“AdvancedGrade”.

Thiswillallowyoutostreamlinethegradingprocessandusethesettingsthatwerelastusedontheprogram.

§ Important:TheRemarkClassicOMRprogramsavestheoptionsfromthepreviousscanningsession,notnecessarilythedefaultswerecommend.Ifyouuse“QuickGrade”,youmaybeusingsomeoneelse’scomplicatedoptionswhichmaynotbeapplicabletoyourtest.

o Youwillbeableto“print”studentscoresdirectlyontothescantron.Moreaboutprintingisexplainedinsection4.7.

- IfyoudecideonthisoptionandhaveMULTIPLEANSWERKEYS…o Instep4,youshouldchoosetouse“AdvancedGrade”.o Youshouldnotselect“print”optionsinstep4.7,asyouwillbeprintingincorrectscores

ontoyourstudents’scantronso Youwillbeabletodesignatewhichscantronscannedwasthekey(seesection6.4.1)

B. AnswerkeyscannedWITHstudentscantrons(notnecessarilyfirst)-Youcanshuffleyour

answerkeyinwithallthestudentscantrons(notrecommended)andLATERdesignatewhichscantronisthekey.(Moreinfoinsection6.4.1)

- YouSHOULDchoosetouse“AdvancedGrade”insteadof“QuickGrade”instep4.- IfyoudecideonthisoptionyouSHOULDNOTselectprintoptionsinstep4.7.

C. AnswerKeyscannedAFTERallstudentscantronshavebeenscanned-Youcanfirstscanyour

studentscantronsintothesystem.Then,asexplainedinsection6.4.2,youcanscaninyouranswerkeyseparately.(Moreinfoinsection6.4.2)

- YouSHOULDchoosetouse“AdvancedGrade”insteadof“QuickGrade”instep4.- IfyoudecideonthisoptionyouSHOULDNOTselectprintoptionsinstep4.7.

D. AnswerKeyenteredmanuallyAFTERstudentscantronshavebeenscanned(Moreinfoin

section6.4.3)- YouSHOULDchoosetouse“AdvancedGrade”insteadof“QuickGrade”instep4.- IfyoudecideonthisoptionyouSHOULDNOTselectprintoptionsinstep4.7.

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3.PreparingtheScantronMachineandScantrons3.1 Ifyouhavemultipletestversions,allversionscanbeloaded

together.ThereisnoneedtoseparateversionsaslongastheTestFormbubbleisfilledoutbythestudent.- Note:Afterscanningscantronforms,ifyouuse“QuickGrade”

insteadof“AdvancedSurvey”thesoftwarewillautomaticallyassumethatthefirstscantronscannedistheanswerkey(evenifthisisnotthecase).Using“QuickGrade”willonlyallowyoutouseoneversionofananswerkey.Moreon“QuickSurvey”and“AdvancedSurvey”ispresentedinSection5.

3.2 Turnthescanneronbypushingtheleftbuttonbelowthe

scantron’sdisplaywindow

3.3 Pushtraydownbypushingtheblacktabthatsays“presstoload”down.Whileholdingthepresstoloadbuttondown,pressthe“lock”buttonaswelltolocktheloadingtray.

3.4 Loadthescantrons;onlyloadabout20-30scantronsinthetrayatatime.Anythingmorethanthismaycauseajam.Makesureallscantronsarefacingthesamedirection.

3.5 Pushthe“presstoload”buttonAGAINsoitunlocksandraisesthescantrontray.

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4.SettinguptheScoringSessionontheComputer4.1Makesurecomputerisloggedontouser“Scantron”(nopasswordneeded).4.2ConnectyourUSBtothecomputerandnoteitsfolderlocation.4.2Click“RemarkClassicOMR”iconondesktop.4.3.Therearethreetabsthatappearabovethebluetoolbarontheleftofthewindow:Templates,Data,andAnalysis.4.4UndertheTemplatestab,selectthetemplate“Form288.rst”

- Youcanselectthisformunder“Recent”- Orbyclicking“File”à“OpenFormTemplate”à

“FormF288.rst”- Orbyclicking“OpenOtherTemplates”à“Form

F288.rst”4.4ThewindowwillnowshifttotheDatatab.Youcaneitherselectthe“QuickGrade”optiononthetoptoolbar,oryoucanscanthescantronsusingtheoption“Read…”,whichwillgiveyoumorespecificoptionsforyourscoringsession.4.5Ifyou’dliketoprintontoyourscantron,enableimaging,orreviewdatawhilethescantronsarebeinggraded,select“Read…”under“DataOptions”

- The“ClassicRead”boxwillpopup.

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4.6 UnderScannerSource,“iNSIGHT4(IMAGE)”shouldbevisible.- Ifitisnot,select“ScannerProperties…”- UnderScannerConfiguration,choose“iNSIGHT4(IMAGE)”astheModeland“USB”astheport- Oncetheseareselected,press“Ok”

4.7 Notethebox“Enableimaging”- Checkingthisboxwillallowyoutoscaneachscantronandsaveasanimagefile.Thiscanbe

usedtodocumentthephysicalscantronformwithouthavingtosavethepaperversion.Notethatthiswillresultinaverylargedatafile,sobesuretohavelotsofspaceonyourUSBdrive.

4.8 PrintOptions(ontherightsideoftheClassicReadBox,seeimageonpage6)willallowyouto

“print”ascoreorotherinformationonthephysicalscantronform.- **PrintonscantronONLYifyouarescanningthetestkeyFIRSTandONLYifyouhaveaSINGLE

versionofthetestanswerkey.Otherwisethegradeprintedoneachstudent’sscantronwillbecomparedtoanotherstudent(nottheanswerkey)orthewrongversionofthetest.

- IfyouhavemorethanoneanswerkeyORyouhaven’tscannedyouranswerkeyasthefirstscantron,usethedefaultprintsettings(seetherightsideoftheClassicReadboxonpg.6).

- Clickthedropdownmenuandselectwhatyouwishtobeprintedoneachscantronform.Youcanselectthepercentageastudentgotcorrectortherawscoreamongotheroptions.

- Youcanselectmultipleitemstobeprintedontheform.Itemswon’tbeseparatedbyaspace,comma,orothersymbol.Insteaditemswillbeprintedoneaftertheother.

- ClickInserttoaddtheitemtobeprinted- Thereshouldbeagreenboxthatsays“Scanner

PrintingisActivated”ifyourselectioniscorrect.4.9 ClickNext.TheCleanYourDataOptionwillbenext. Click“EnableReviewExceptions”.

- Thisallowsyoutocheckmistakesonthescantronformastheyarebeingscanned(e.g.,multipleresponsestoasinglequestion,emptyIDsection).

- Totherightarethedefaultselectionsforthisoperation.Usethesedefaultselectionsforthebestresults.OtherwisetheprogrammaypauseforyourapprovalafterEACHscantron.

Nowyouarereadytobeginscanningtheforms.

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5.Scanningtheforms(Step3.5)Besureyouhavepushedthe“presstoload”buttonasecondtimesoitunlocksandraisesthescantrontray.Ifthishasnotbeendone,youmaygetawarningthatsays“scannernotready”.5.1 Returntothescannerandclicktherightbuttonbelowthedisplayscreenmarked“Start”.

5.2 Onthecomputerscreen,click“Read”intheClassicReadboxtobeginscanningthescantrons.This

boxshouldpopuponthescreen,indicatingthatthescantronsarenowscanning:

5.3 Onceabatchofscantronshasbeenread,re-loadthemachinewithanotherbatch.Press“ResumeScan”onthecomputertostartscanningthenextbatch.

5.4 Onceyouhavefinishedscanningallscantrons,select“EndScan”onthecomputerscreen.

5.5 Thereareanumberofmessagesanderrorsthatmaypopup,describedbelow.- Clearpaperpath:Thismessageappearswhenasheetremainsinanareaofthescannertoo

long,resultinginajam.Clearallsheetsfromthescannerandplacethesheetsnotscannedsuccessfulbackintheinputtray.Press“Start”toresumescanning.

- DoubleSheet:Thismessageappearswhenthescannerdetectedmorethanonepaperenteringthepaperpath.Removeallsheetsfromthetransportbedandplacebackintheinputtray.

- EndofBatch:Appearswhenyouhavefinishedscanningabatchofscantrons.- FeedForm:Appearswhenthescannerreceiveda“Read”commandfromthecomputer,

indicatingitisreadytoreadaform.Eitherpress“Start”toscanforms,or“End”ifyouarefinishedscanning.

- ProcessingSheet:Appearswhenthescannerisscanningasheetandtransmittingdatatothecomputer.

- ScannernotReady:Appearswhenthescantrontrayhasnotbe“unlocked”.Pushthe“presstoload”buttononthescannertoraisethescantrontraytothereadinglevel.

- Sheetdidnotfeed:Thescannercannotdetectasheettoberead.Trypushingthetraydownfullywiththescantronsslidallthewayforward.

- Sheetskewed:Appearswhenascantronisfedatanangle.Makesureitislayingstraight.

5.6 Ifajamoccurs,therearethreeplasticscannercoversthatcanbeliftedtoclearthejam.Pleaseusecareinopeningthese.Besuretheyarereplacedcompletely;otherwisethemachinemaynotrun.

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IMPORTANT:

Ifformsareunabletobereadpleasemakesurethatbubblesarefilledcorrectlyandtherightformisbeingused.Insomecases/batchestheformitselfmaybebad.Scantronrecommendscarryingextrablankformstousehasreplacementifformsarenotreadablebymachine.

PleasecontactSEComputingifthereisaconsiderableamountofformsthatarenotbeingread.Also,makesurethescannercoversareplacedproperly.Refertosection5.5and5.6ofthismanualforinstruction.

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6.EditingtheAnswerKeysandTestProperties

Therearetwogradingoptions.Thefirstis“QuickGrade”andtheSecondis“AdvancedGrade”.- QuickGrade-ChoosingQuickGradefromtheuppertoolbarwillbringyoudirectlytothegrade

reports,calledRemarkQuickStats.o Note:Ifyouusethisgradingoption,thesoftwareautomaticallyassumesthatthefirst

formscannedwastheanswerkey.Theremainingscantronswillbegradedagainstthatfirstform.

o Ifyoudidnotscantheanswerkeyasthefirstscantron,oryouhavemorethanonetestkey,youwillneedtouseAdvancedGradeinstead.

- AdvancedGrade-ChoosingAdvancedGradefromtheuppertoolbarwillallowyoutoaddorchangeanswerkeysaswellasothertestparametersbeforereviewingthegradereports.TheremainderofthissectiondescribesAdvancedGradeoptions.

MULTIPLEANSWERKEYS6.1 IfyouareusingMULTIPLEANSWERKEYS,firstpush“AdvancedGrade”andthenselectthe“Test

Versions”option.- Checkthebox“Definemultipletestversions”- Choose:“Standard(MultipleKeys)”ifyouhavemorethanoneanswerkey- Select“TestForm”astheanswerthatidentifiesthetestversion(thereisaboxonthescantron

itselfthatstudentsshouldfillin)- Click“CreateVersion”- Continueontostep6.4

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SINGLEANSWERKEY6.2 IfyouareusingaSINGLEANSWERKEYandchoosetopush“AdvancedGrade”,firstselectthe

“AnswerKey”option.Followtheinstructionsinstep5.4.IfyouchoosetouseQuickGrade,thefirstscantronscannedwillbedesignatedasthekey.Ifthisiscorrect,goontosection7.

6.3 TheAnswerKey(s)caneitherbescannedwiththestudentscantrons(optionA),afterthestudent

scantronshavebeenscanned(optionB),orcanbeenteredmanuallyafterthescantronshavebeenscanned(optionC).

A. IftheAnswerKeywasalreadyscannedWITHTHESTUDENTSCANTRONS,select“DataSet

(Grid)Row”inthe“Importanswerkeyfrom”dropdownmenu.

- Choosewhichdatarowyou’dliketouseasyourAnswerKey.

- YouMUSTdesignatewhichscantronsareyourkeys.

- Intheimagetotheright(aviewoftheDatatab),youcanseewescannedAnswerKeyAasthe5thscantron.Thereforeweshouldselect“5”asthe“DataSet(Grid)Row”fromwhichtoimportthetestanswers.

- Click“ImportKey”

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- IfyouhaveMULTIPLEANSWERKEYversions,press“CreateVersion”againandentertherowofthenextAnswerKey(e.g.,Row1isAnswerKeyB,soyoushouldchoose“1”forAnswerKeyB)o Press“ImportKey”aftereachkeyhasbeenselected.

B. IfyouhaveananswerkeyBUTHAVEN’TYETSCANNEDITIN,select“Read(scan)”fromthe

“Importanswerkeyfrom”dropdownmenu.- Click“ImportKey”- Loadkeyintothescantronmachineasinstructedinsection2andpressthe“Start”button

belowthescantrondisplaywindow.Ifyouhavemultiplekeysyoumayloadallatthesametime,butthescannerwillonlyreadoneatatime.

- TheClassicReadboxwillpopuponthecomputerscreen.Setupthescanningpropertiesasinstructedinsection3.Oncescantronsareloaded,press“Read”.

- IfyouhavemultipleAnswerkeyversions,press“CreateVersion”again.Select“ImportKey”againandscanthenextAnswerkey.

C. ToenteryourkeyBYHANDsimplyentereachquestion’sansweroneatatime.Toenter

multipleanswerkeysclick“CreateVersion”.BesuretomarktheVersionIDatthetop.***Pleaseusethisoptiononlyifyouneedto.Usingakeyformgivesthebestresultswithfewornoerrorsthanbyenteringanswersmanually***

6.4EXTRAOPTIONS:TestOptions&QuestionProperties- TestOptions:ThissectionallowsyoutoimportapreviouslysavedAdvancedGradingsession

alongwithpreviouslysavedanswerkeys.Italsoallowsyoutoeditthescaleofthetestaswellassettheheadersthatareprintedatthetopofthereports.

- QuestionProperties:Thissectionallowsyoutosetthepropertiesofeachquestion.ThedefaultofthissectionistousetheIDnumbertoidentifythestudent,identifieseachquestionasmultiple-choice,andleavesthequestiontextblank.Youwilltypicallynothavetousethissectionunlessyouwanttomarkmultiplepossibleanswerstoacertainquestion,youwanttoweightaquestionsoitmaybeworthmoreorlesspointsthantheothers,oryouwanttoenterthetextofthequestionintoyourreport

6.5 Youcansaveyoursettingsbyclickingthesavebuttononthebottom.SavetoyourUSBdrive.If

youloseyourUSBdrive,however,whoeverfindsitwillhaveaccesstotheexamAnswerKey.

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6.6 Onceyouhaveimported/enteredyourAnswerKey(s)andselectedallyourdesiredgrading

options,youmayselect“Grade”atthebottomofthewindow.

6.7 Aboxmayappearaskingyouwhetheryouwanttosavetheanswerkeyifyouhaven’talready.Ifyoudosaveyourkey,besuretosaveittoyourUSBandNOTtothedefault:thedesktop.

TheRemarkQuickStatsWindowwillthenpopuptodisplayyourscorereports.

7.RemarkQuickStatsandExportingScoreReports7.1 Onceyouhavechosentogradethescantrons(eitherbyclicking“QuickGrade”orbyclicking

“Grade”inthe“AdvancedGrade”option)youwillbeledtotheRemarkQuickStatswindow.Thiswindowincludestwotabs:ReportsandData.

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7.2 THEREPORTTAB:Reportsincludeinformationaboutthetestandeachstudent’sperformance.Manyofthesereportsareratherredundantandgiveyouverysimilarinformation.Aquickdescriptionofeachreportoptionisgivenintheappendix.BelowarereportsthatwillusuallybesufficientforTApurposes.

“100-TestAnalysis”“101-StudentStatistics”“105-StudentResponse”“206-CondensedTest”“310-TestStatistics”

7.3 Onceyouhavedecidedwhichtestreportsyou’dliketosave,youwillneedto“Export”themtoyour

USBdrive.- HavetheReportyou’dliketosaveopenintheRemarkQuickStatswindow- Pressthe“ExportReport”buttoninthewindow’suppertoolbar

o Alternatively,thisbuttoncanbefoundontheleftofthewindownearthebottomofthebluetoolbar.

- Youcanthenchoosetheformatofthereport,howmanypagesofthereport,andtheimagequalityofthereport.Onceyouhavespecifiedthese,click“Export”.

- ChooseyourUSBdriveasthelocationforthefiletobeexported.Youmaynamethereportwhateveryou’dlikehere(e.g.,PsychFundamentalsMidterm,2015-TestAnalysisReport).ClickSave.

- Repeatthisprocessforeachreportyou’dliketosave.

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7.4 THEDATATAB:TheDatatabisbasicallyaspreadsheetwitheachstudent’sIDnumber,name,testform,andresponsestoeachtestquestion.

7.5 Youwillalsowantto“Export”yourgradebook.Thisisafilewiththefinalscoreforeachstudent.You

candothisdirectlyfromtheDatataboftheRemarkQuickStatswindow.Inthebluetoolboxontheleftsideofthewindowyouwillfind7optionsunder“ExportOptions”.Youwillhavetheoptiontoincludetheanswerkeyasthefirstrowinthegradebook.- Althoughtherearemanyoptionshere,werecommendchoosingto“ExportTextualDataand

GradeResults”.Thisoptionwillgiveyoueachstudent’sresponseintheformatofA,B,C,D,orEratherthannumericformatof1,2,3,4,or5.

- YoushouldchoosetheGradebookformattobe“Standard”.

7.6 Press“Export,”choosethedestinationofexport(yourUSBdrive),thetypeoffile(werecommendusingExcel;ifyouplanonsharingwitholderversionsofoffice,werecommendExcel97-2003),andsaveyourgradebookfile.- Ifyousaveyourfileasanexcelsheetitwillaskyoutospecifythenameofthesheetinexcel.

Namethiswhateveryouwouldlike.- Push“Ok”tosave.

7.7 ClicktheRedXintheupper-rightcornerofthewindowtoexittheRemarkQuickStats

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8.Savingthesessionandturningoffthemachine8.1 SelecttheDatatabifitisnotalreadyselected.

8.2 Select“SaveDataAs”andsaveyoursessioninyourUSBfile.Itwillsaveas“remark.ext”.8.3 DoublecheckyourUSBdrivetoseethatyoursessionandyourchosenreportsweresaved.The

sessioncannowbeloadedbacktothecomputerfromyourUSBatanytime.- BesuretoGUARDyourUSBDRIVE!!!IfyourUSBdriveislost,itwillcontainanswerkeystothe

testandstudentgrades.Insomeoneelse’shandsthiscouldbeextremelydamaging.

8.4 SelecttheTemplatestab8.5 Youwillseethatyournewlysavedsessionislistedinthe“Recent”templatessection8.6 Right-clickyoursessionandclick“RemoveFilefromRecentList”.Oncethesessionisdeleted,it

cannotberecovered.Thereforestep8.3isextremelyimportant.- Itisnecessarytodeleteyoursessionfromthe“RecentList”inordertoprotectyourtest

answersandstudentgrades.Ifyoudonotdeletethis,anyonemaybeabletowalkinandloadyourscoringsessionalongwiththeanswerkeyandstudentgrades.

8.7 EjectyourUSBdrivefromthecomputerandremoveitoncethecomputersaysitissafe.8.8 ClosetheRemarkProgramandlogoutofthecomputer.8.9 Onthescantronmachine,presstheleftbuttonbelowthedisplaywindowtoturnoffthescanner.

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8.AppendixClassandStudentReports100-TestAnalysisgivesyoutheaverage,high,andlowscoresforthescantronsthatyouscanned,alongwithtestanditemstatistics.

101-StudentStatisticsgivesyoueachstudent’sgrade,totalscore,andpercentageonthetest(identifiedbyIDnumber).

- IfIDnumberismissingforanystudent,thestudentwillbeidentifiedbytherowofthatstudent’sdata

102-ComparativeGradeallowsyoutoruncomparisonsbetweendifferentgroupsofstudents(basedontestversion,IDnumber,phonenumber,etc.)

- Thiswilltypicallynotbenecessaryforthesortofinformationstudentsprovideontheirscantronforms

- OneusefulcomparisonwouldbebetweenTestFormstoassesswhetheroneversionofthetestwasmoredifficultthananother

103-ClassFrequencyDistributiongivesthedistributionoftheclasses’grades

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105-StudentResponsegivesadocumentwiththeanswerseachstudentgavetoeachquestion.ThereportisorganizedbyIDnumberandseparatedbytestversion.

- Thisreportisveryusefulifstudentswishtoseewhatanswertheyselectedtoagivenquestion,especiallyifyoudonothavethephysicalscantronformsavailableforthestudentsduringofficehours

107-DemographicGradeissimilartoComparativeGrade112-StudentAchievementissimilartostudentstatistics,butdisplayshowfaraboveorbelowtheclassmeaneachstudentperformedonthetest150-StudentGradeReportisalargerandmoredetailedversionoftheStudentResponsereport.Thisoptionwillreportapageforeachstudentgivingtheirresponse,thecorrectanswer,aswellasthestudent’soverallscore.160-StudentResponseSimilaritiesanalyzeswhetheranytwostudentshave90%ormoreidenticalresponsesonthetest.

- Ifnotwostudentshave90%ormoreidenticalresponsesonthetest,aboxwillappearreporting“NoMatchingRecords”.

ItemAnalysisReports201-DetailedItemAnalysisgivesthefrequency,percent,andpointbiserialofeachresponseforeachtestquestion.203-ItemAnalysisGraphgivesabargraphforeachquestionwiththefrequenciesofeachresponse204-CondensedItemAnalysisReportgivesthefrequencyandpercentofeachresponsetoeachquestionalongwithotherinformationabouttheresponseratetoeachquestion.

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206-CondensedTestissimilartotheCondensedItemAnalysisreportbutnicelyorganizestheresponsefrequenciestoeachquestionofthetest

220-IntegratedItemAnalysisgivesinformationabouteachtestquestion,butalsoallowsyoutoincludestudentinformationonthereport(suchasID,name,phonenumber).TestandItemStatisticReports310-TestStatisticsReportgivesanicesummaryofthetest320-TestItemStatisticsgivesanothersummaryofeachquestiononthetestincludingnumberofcorrectresponses,incorrectresponses,andthepercentageofstudentswhogottheanswercorrect330-Comparativeitemallowsyoutolookatwhethereachstudentgoteachquestioncorrectorincorrect.ChangedAnswerReportsallowyoutoexaminewhetherstudentschangedtheiranswerandwhethertheychangedtothecorrectorincorrectanswer