RE: [school-discuss] paper test generation and answer scanning?

[Stephen Bannasch <stephen@concord.org>]

Hi Mark,

Thanks for the pointer to WeBWorK.

I am supporting two educational research projects working with elementary and high school math teachers and students.

We would like to distribute and score about 30,000 paper tests next spring to the students involved in the projects.  The students are located in 250 different classrooms around the country.  I'd sure like to do it all via the web but other project folks are convinced that this would limit the collection of data because not all classes will have access to computer labs for testing.

With that volume of testing I'd like to process the tests with an automatic scanning system.  Will webwork output paper tests and answer sheets that can be scanned?


>The WeBWorK system (http://webwork.math.rochester.edu) could be used to
>generate the tests and answer sheets.  It was designed as a web-based
>homework system and I have used it in that capacity in my high school.  I
>have also used a customized version of it to do Web-based testing on a
>closed network.  If you have the capacity for running a closed network, I
>would recommend it, since then the computer can grade you tests without the
>scanning, and WeBWorK will output grades as a CSV file for you.
>
>WeBWorK will support multiple choice, matching, and fill in the blank
>questions.  It was designed to do math homework, so it deals with numeric
>and functional answers very well.
>
>If you are interested in more info, the link above is filled with
>information for and about the WeBWorK community.
>
>
>Mark Schmitt
>Detroit Country Day School
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Stephen Bannasch [mailto:stephen@concord.org]
>Sent: Friday, November 07, 2003 12:40 PM
>To: schoolforge-discuss@schoolforge.net
>Subject: [school-discuss] paper test generation and answer scanning?
>
>
>I'm looking to generate custom paper tests from a database of questions,
>deliver these along with answer sheets, input the answers with a scanner,
>and export the data back to another database.
>
>Anybody have any suggestions on the best software?
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>
>-- Stephen Bannasch
>   Director of Technology, Concord Consortium
>   10 Concord Crossing, Suite 300, Concord, MA 01742
>   direct: 978 371 3477, fax: 978 371 0696, main: 978 369 4367
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-- Stephen Bannasch
   Director of Technology, Concord Consortium
   10 Concord Crossing, Suite 300, Concord, MA 01742
   direct: 978 371 3477, fax: 978 371 0696, main: 978 369 4367
   http://www.concord.org  mailto:stephen@concord.org