Streamlining Examination Processes with Remark Office OMR: A Case Study from the Virgin Islands

Introduction Tyrah Hodge, serving as the head of assessment and examinations in the Virgin Islands’ Ministry of Education, oversees the coordination and monitoring of examination processes to uphold local, regional, and international educational standards. In her job, Remark Office OMR […]

Using Remark Office OMR to Monitor School Bus Ridership

In our new case study, see how Pasco County School District Transportation Office uses Remark Office OMR to help maximize state funding through bus ridership attendance forms.

Using Remark Office OMR to Hold a Board of Education Election and Budget Vote

Introduction The Honeoye Falls–Lima Central School District in New York comprises 74 square miles including nine towns in three counties and serves over twenty-one hundred students. This year they had a very important Board of Education election that included votes […]

Florida School Benefits from Switch to Remark Test Grading

In addition to the semester exams, the Episcopal School of Jacksonville has begun to use Remark Test Grading Cloud for regular testing throughout the school year. George said, “We have been using Remark Test Grading Cloud for a few years now. We have enjoyed using it and are happy with the growth we have realized with the product.”

Portuguese University Increases Grading Accuracy and Efficiency with Remark Office OMR

Filipe has several favorite features in Remark Office OMR. One aspect he really enjoys is being able to grade multiple versions of tests simultaneously. He also appreciates the ability to quickly address questions with multiple responses with the Review Exceptions feature. Lastly, he also likes the template creation and the ability to create customized forms.

Automating the Processing of BBS Observation Cards and Safety Surveys with Remark Office OMR

Introduction GB Biosciences is part of a global agricultural company, Syngenta. Kim’s location is a chemical plant that makes an anti-fungal agent. She is part of an HSE (Health, Safety, Environmental) committee that takes suggestions, observations and complaints from plant […]

Collecting University Research Data Using Remark Office OMR

Learn how the Center for Youth and Communities at Brandeis University used Remark Office OMR to evaluate research data from thousands of surveys.

Illinois District Preps Students for the SATs

Discover how an Illinois school district uses Remark Office OMR to find the best means for preparing its high school students for the Scholastic Aptitude Test.

High School Science Teacher’s Thoughts on Remark Test Grading

My colleagues were all in line for the grading machine, and I just cruise on back to the copier and I just scan in all my tests… I head back to my desk, I take the PDF, download it into the program, and there’s my results. I’m done. Check out how Remark Test Grading Cloud streamlines the test grading process for a High School Science Teacher.

Future School Mongolia Helps Grade Olympiad with Remark Office OMR

Discover how Future School Mongolia used Remark Office OMR to grade over 800 student tests in a matter of minutes, while projecting the scans live to students, teachers, and organizers.

Collecting Research Survey Data Using Remark Office OMR

Automating the collection of research data with Remark Office OMR at the special education and communication disorders (SECD) department at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

Increasing University Exam Scanning Efficiency with Remark Office OMR

See how the University of New Hampshire uses Remark Office OMR to score 40,000 to 60,000 exams each semester. All grades are uploaded into Blackboard and Canvas.

College Access Program Processes Parent Surveys and Event Evaluations with Remark Office OMR

A large university currently offers a program that promotes post-secondary education for low income schools in rural communities. The program serves over 4,000 students from 13 different high schools. Every year, in an attempt to better the program and the results, the program sends a parent survey, as well as handing out event evaluations at the given events that occur throughout the year.

Switching from Online to Paper Course Evaluations to Increase Response Rates

See how the American Gastroenterological Association switched from online to paper course evaluations to improve their response rate from 6% to 34%.

Remark Office OMR assists with data collection and analysis of conference evaluation forms

Remark Office OMR assists a Non-Profit organization with data collection and analysis of conference evaluation forms.

WARP7 Robotics Team Collecting Scouting Data at Robotics Competitions with Remark Office OMR

Learn about how the WARP7 Team uses Remark Office OMR for collecting scouting data at robotics competitions.

No More Paying for Special Test Sheets

Learn how Mr. Loren Rice, an AP Science Teacher at Monsignor Kelly Catholic High School, uses Remark Test Grading for Windows to streamline his test scoring.

Scanning Conference Evaluations with Remark Office OMR

Expanding Your Horizons encourages young women to pursue science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) careers by providing role models and hands-on activities for middle and high school girls. See how they were able to scan and analyze their evaluations.

WestEd Undertakes Large Scale Student Surveys with Remark Office OMR

WestEd leveraged the efficiency of processing surveys with Remark Office OMR to not only save days of work but also be able to reach more students for their GEAR UP student survey.

Tabulating Surveys Not Designed to Be Tallied Electronically

Visalia Unified School District had already sent out surveys designed to be tabulated manually, but Adam Brown was able to use Remark Office OMR to electronically process the surveys to save a considerable amount of time.

Collecting and Analyzing Graduate Surveys and other Assessments at Oakland University with Remark Office OMR

See how the Office of Institutional Assessment uses Remark Office OMR to collect and analyze data from a variety of surveys and general education learner outcomes.

Community Needs Evaluation with Remark Office OMR

Metropolitan Social Services uses Remark Office OMR to save two weeks of staff time and approximately $3,000 while conducting their community needs survey in Davidson county.

Adams County Republican Central Committee Scans Ballots with Remark Office OMR

Adams County Republican Party Central Committee uses Remark Office OMR to scan and process several different ballots during a complex election while still meeting the election deadlines.

Remark Partner Helps New York Area Metropolitan Transit Authority Succeed with Remark Office OMR

Remark Partner Spectrum Business Solutions helps New York area Metropolitan Transit Authority succeed with Remark Office OMR.

Counseling Trends Survey

The National Association for College Admission uses both Remark Office OMR and Remark Web Survey to survey over 10,000 schools on counseling trends.

Scoring an Academy Awards Game with Remark Office OMR Software

Find out how an inventive user of the Remark Office OMR software created a fun game for selecting Acadamy Awards winners.

Grading Tests at a Statewide High School Math Competition

With the stakes high and the time frame short, see how Trevecca Nazarene University used Remark Office OMR to quickly collect, sort and grade exams for a scholarship awards competition.

Grading Assessments for Title IIB Grants

Learn how Capital Area Intermediate Assessments using Remark Office OMR to collect and analyze data from a variety of assessments, surveys, and evaluations under very tight deadlines.

Collecting and Analyzing Data with Remark Office OMR and Remark Web Survey

Check out how Savannah College of Art and Design handles an internally developed survey given annually for 2,500 respondents using Remark Office OMR and Remark Web Survey.

Remark Products in Action: Institutional Effectiveness

Find out how Susan Evans was able to collect over 2000 responses and analyze data over a 9 day period using Remark Office OMR and Remark Web Survey.

Images to Data Processing Course Evaluations with Remark Office OMR Software

See how Images to Data processes nearly a millions forms a year using Remark Office OMR

Processing Course and Instructor Evaluations in a Timely, Cost Effective Manner

Find out how Tiffany Martinez at the University of New Haven uses Remark Office OMR to process course evaluations in a timely, cost-effective manner.

Remark Products in Action: Glenmoore Eagle Little League Player Assessments

Creating fair and balanced little league teams is a very complex process. Glenmoore Eagle Little League strives to create teams with a 50/50 win-to-loss ratio, making the season enjoyable for all the children and parents. In the past this goal was achieved by manually entering talent ratings of every child into a spreadsheet. This was a painstakingly slow process, so three years ago they started using Remark Office OMR® to scan and process player evaluation forms saving an enormous amount of time and effort for the volunteers who perform these functions.

Epidemiologic Studies/Needs Assessments Through Surveys

Epidemiologic studies (or needs assessments) are typically done through carefully designed surveys. Jerry’s organization, The Evaluation Support Group, Inc., has been providing technical assistance and data analysis support to schools in Ohio interested in conducting these surveys. Many of the schools are large (more than 1,000 students) and the survey instruments themselves can be lengthy (see example survey below). Thus, the data entry challenge for a thorough student needs assessment survey can be substantial.

Croatian University Uses Remark to Grade Thousands of Tests

Find out how the University of Rjeka corrects 50,000 tests every three weeks using Remark Office OMR.

The Beginning of a Remarkable Relationship – Collecting Data on Student Performance

Collecting data on student performance for students involved in a variety of programs with the help of Remark Office OMR.

Remarkable Addition to Data Collection – Evaluating the Kindergarten Program Through Two Assessments

Tom Hays discusses the remarkable addition to the data collection efforts: Evaluation of the kindergarten program through two assessments.

Tallying an NFL Football Pool

The End Zone Bar & Grill is a sports bar that runs both a weekly and an annual NFL football pool. Employees had to manually check the weekly sheets, then sort and enter data from these sheets to keep a tally for the yearly pool. This process was enormously time-consuming, as there were 500-600 sheets per week to be processed.

Collect and Analyze Test Data for Title I Schools

See how Tom Hays reduced the amount of time to collect data for Title I using Remark Office OMR.

Remarkable Changes to Instruction – Helping Teachers Understand Student Reading Skills and Adjust Instruction to Improve Them

After Tom Hays proved the feasibility and usability of Remark Office OMR for collecting data, his next challenge was to improve instruction in the elementary schools.

OMR Scanning Technology Conquers Common Testing Dilemmas

See how Dr. Bill Palya, Professor of Psychology at Jacksonville State University used Remark Classic OMR to enhance teaching and learning by enabling more frequent testing, improving test result analysis, and decreasing a student’s ability to cheat.

Evaluate Impact of Professional Development Programs

Learn how Rebekah Nix was able to automate and simplify her evaluation data collection process while reducing costs with Remark Office OMR.

Grading Biology Exams at a Large State University with Remark Office OMR

See how Michael Wagenheim used Remark Office OMR to scan over 12,000 multiple choice biology tests per year and save money.

How a Leading Hospital Uses Remark Office OMR for Regulatory Compliance

Stephanie P provides overall management for the Patient Care Services Performance Improvement program that includes seven Quality Indicators. Patient data is analyzed and benchmarked against other hospitals. Reports are then provided to internal management and outside regulatory agencies.

Using Remark Office OMR in preparing students for Florida’s Comprehensive Assessment Test (FCAT) at Osceola High School

For Osceola High School, “the features of the software also have given teachers and the administration information that would have been impossible to find out about trends over the entire school. This product has helped our teachers become data driven decision makers,” according to Mr. Connors.

Quality Assurance Program Evaluation

St. Patrick’s College was undergoing an important quality assurance program involving both internal and external evaluators. Learn how they used Remark Office OMR to process their data.

Collecting and Analyzing Data from Teacher and Parent Surveys with Remark Office OMR for a Grant

Margaret Rutherford at Victoria ISD using Remark Office OMR to collect data for a grant.

Remark Software used in the Evaluation of PBS TeacherLine

Examining the effectiveness of online teacher professional development courses developed by PBS TeacherLine under a grant from the U.S. Department of Education with Remark Office OMR and Remark Web Survey.

Collecting data from thousands of evaluation forms with Remark Office OMR software

The challenge was to collect data from thousands of evaluation forms completed by participants in the Presidential Summit on Volunteerism held in Philadelphia.