Remark Test Grading Features

• Create your own forms
  • Uses plain-paper answer sheets, which are those printed on regular printer/copy paper
  • Includes a test designer to create your own tests tailored to your tests, or select one of the pre-defined standard forms (25, 50, 100 or 200 questions)
  • Create your own school standard answer sheets and make them available for all instructors to use
• Advanced formatting features
  • Create multiple choice questions with up to 26 answer choices and user defined scales, including A-E, 1-5, alternating answer choices, true/false, or your own custom scale
  • Includes the ability to add question text and answer labels to your scannable form
  • Create math grids (numbers, fractions, decimals) for numeric answers
  • Include open response points for essays, short answer, and other write-in questions
  • Include school logo on test answer sheets
  • Tests can span multiple pages
  • Create multiple test versions (create up to five versions of the same test, each with questions in a different order)
• Printing tests
  • Print test forms on any printer or copier (MFP)
  • Import rosters and merge student, teacher, class, and test information to create personalized answer sheets for easy identification and tracking
  • Allows for generic answer sheets with bubble-in student ID grids for larger classes
  • Supports non-rostered classes where an instructor can grade student tests without first having to specify a class roster
    • Remark Test Grading clips the students’ handwritten names from the answer sheets and displays them on the reports
  • Optionally email Remark Electronic Bubble Sheets™ (fillable PDFs) to students for completion, eliminating the need to print tests
• No special papers or writing instruments
  • No need for corner marks or any other special marks on tests
  • Respondents can use pen, pencil… even marker!

• Scanners and copiers
  • Scan forms with an image scanner or multifunction copier and create PDF, TIFF, PNG, or JPG images
  • Upload completed test images to the Remark application for processing
  • Email scanned tests directly from your copier or scanner to the application for processing
• Exceptional form recognition
  • Proven, patented OMR technology reads real world forms with erasures, crossed out marks, skewing, etc.
• Automatic form identification
  • Barcode on forms eliminates the need to pre-sort forms
  • Remark automatically identifies the instructor, test, class, student, and page of the test.
  • Scan pages in any order and process multiple different tests in one batch
  • Tracks who has and has not taken a test on a class basis when using a class roster
    • If a student is absent and takes a make up test, only that test form needs to be scanned… never need to rescan processed tests
• Easy data clean up
  • Use the simple exception correction facility to view problems on-screen and make changes
  • No need to go back to the paper forms
• Open response processing
  • For open response items on the test, images of test answers are viewed on-screen and graded with no need to look at the paper forms
  • Grader can provide comments back to the student
  • Responses can be displayed anonymously to grader to prevent bias

• Creating online tests
  • Use form designer to create your online tests
  • Create multiple choice questions with up to 26 answer choices and user defined scales, including A-E, 1-5, alternating answer choices, true/false, or your own custom scale
  • Includes the ability to add question text and answer labels to your scannable form
  • Create math grids (numbers, fractions, decimals) for numeric answers
  • Include open response points for essays, short answer, and other write-in questions
  • Add directions and other text to the tests
  • Add images to your tests
• Test distribution
  • Requires a student roster
  • Choose an availability window for your test, or manually open and close the test
  • Set a timer for the test if desired
  • Present test questions to students on one page or present questions one at a time
  • Optionally randomize the order of questions displayed to each student
  • Send email invitations to each student, or export the test URLs to distribute outside of the application
• Student experience
  • Students click a link in the email invitation to start the test
  • Use any modern browser to take the test
  • Students navigate the test, which includes:
    • Warnings for any unanswered questions
    • The ability to flag questions for review before test is submitted
    • A timer for tests with a time limit
  • Tests with time limits are auto submitted when time is up
• Instructor experience
  • Instructor sees real time progress of students taking the online test
  • Submitted tests are automatically graded

• Defining an answer key
  • Scan the answer key with student tests or enter the key manually in the application
  • Answer key can be modified at any time and tests regraded based upon changes
• Answer key features
  • Set test points per question (1 point each by default)
  • Include more than one correct response for a question
  • Assign test points for open response questions
  • Throw out questions or make them extra credit
  • Set a custom grade scale for a test
  • Set a target benchmark for a test
  • Set up learning objectives to measure against standards
    • Grades are broken down by learning objective to show student mastery on different concepts tested

• Reports look at the test from different perspectives
  • Class reports provide detail on how the class performed on the test
  • Student reports provide detail about the performance of each student in the class
  • Item reports provide detail on how your students responded to each of the items on the test
• Delve deeper into the test using learning objectives
  • Break down the test to analyze the different content areas tested
  • See performance of students and overall class on each learning objective or standard
  • Learn where the students are succeeding and where they need more review
    • Helps provide differentiated instruction
• Provide student feedback
  • Individual student reports are available
  • Graders can provide feedback to students on their performance on any item or the overall test
• Export reports
  • Reports are saved as PDF and Excel files
  • Reports can be printed or emailed to instructors and/or students

Learn more about specific reports available in Remark Test Grading

• Hosted solution
  • Accessible from any modern web browser (PC, Mac, Tablet, etc.)
  • Nothing to install, no IT resources required
  • Adheres to modern security standards
• Recommended optional requirements
  • Supported scanner (includes multifunction printer with scanning capabilities)
  • Printer or copier
  • Internet access (higher speed is better)
  • PDF viewer required to view tests and reports