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Exam Scoring Services

The Testing Center provides classroom exam scoring analyses of multiple-choice exams. You can now:

  • Access all necessary forms and make service requests via Microsoft Teams.
  • See results as soon as they are scanned through your secure Teams channel.

Exam Scoring Information

Below is helpful information about our Exam Scoring services. If you have not used these services in the current semester, please refer to our "Setting up Exam Scoring Account" instructions.

More information can be found on our Exam Scoring frequently asked questions webpage.

These steps must be taken once a semester to set up Exam Scoring:

  • Contact sae-testing@osu.edu to set up customer profile.
  • Ensure your department’s fiscal officer has submitted a purchase order for this semester’s exam scoring charges.
  • Download the Exam Scoring Request form, available on the Registrar Forms website under "Testing Center" or within the “Exam Scoring” Team in Microsoft Teams.
  • Download and install Microsoft Teams on your computer.

Each Exam Scoring request must contain the following materials:

  • Exam Scoring Request Form.
  • Batch of scantrons, organized in the same direction.
  • Answer key, filled out with pencil.

You must provide a scoring key with your exams. A scoring key is the answer sheet containing the correct answers. There can only be one scoring key per batch. If you wish to use the same scoring key for more than one batch, write "use key to score all batches" in the "Special Requests" field of the Exam Scoring Request form.

The Exam Scoring Services only accepts specific Scranton forms for scanning.  Below are linked examples of each form:

  • Form 4521 - This form includes 5 possible responses for each question, options A, B, C, D, E
  • Form 4887 - This form includes 10 possible responses for each question, options A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, and J

View our example report: 

  • Group 1 Results - View the definition of this report to better understand your data.
  • Group 2 Results - View the definition of this report to better understand your data.
  • Student Response Report: All reports come with an excel file listing all students and each question response recorded. This file can be used with Microsoft Excel for your own analysis.

Reports will be uploaded to the “Exam Scoring” Team within Microsoft Teams. If unable to use Microsoft Teams, we ask that you come to the Testing Center with a portable storage device to transfer the necessary reports.

Each batch/key will cost $5.00

  • This will include any type of report offered, as well as an excel file of the Student Response Report.
  • Additional reports will NOT count as an extra batch
  • Examples:
    • A group of scantrons with 2 keys designated with Group 1 reports will count as 2 batches
    • A group of scantrons with 2 keys designated with Group 1 and Group 2 reports will count as 2 batches

Each exam sheet within a batch will cost $0.25 per sheet. 

Office Information

Office hours and location/contact information can be found on our General Information page.

For assistance connect with us at sae-testing@osu.edu.