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



i want to be part of you ma/sir

Les Richardson <les@celery.richtech.ca> wrote:
Hi,

> 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?

I would suggest that you use webwork to generate the tests, but use
standard scan forms (bubble sheet types) so that you can use a scantron
type of device to get the information back into a computer system. (since
you lack an online mechanism to do the testing).

Webwork is designed to generate online tests from a specialized markup
system for questions. (ie. it generates HTML and images (I assume) for
math questions) and to give appropriate hints for solution, etc.) It may
be less appropriate for a more "normal" kind of testing system (rather
than online homework system).

Les Richardson


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