The Daily Bulletin Archive

Effective January 1, 2012, Computing and Technology Services will be replacing the program used for test scoring and survey analysis of data collected on scanner forms (bubble sheets). In general, the resulting output won’t change from the current version, but the new program provides more flexibility.

We are asking faculty to help us validate the consistency of the results between the old and new programs.

When you turn in your scanner forms, ask us to walk you through the changes and run both versions of the program with your forms. We’re also looking for a little feedback about the changes.

The most significant changes in the new version include:

A. The formats of the control and answer key sheets have been changed to reflect new options.

B. Users can select just the output they really need–and have it delivered via e-mail, as a printed report, or both.

C. The format of the output data files has changed.
Each response sheet is now on a single record (row) in the data files.
Both plain text and comma delimited file formats are available.

D. Use of the identification number field on the student sheets has changed. 

E. For survey analysis, blank and multiple responses are now ignored in all calculations.

F. The frequency distribution of test scores grouped in whole number ranges has been removed from the test scoring reports.

G. The option of entering a weight (or multiplier) to change the value of each question is no longer available.

We will run the old and new versions through the end of the fall semester, and will retire the old version as of January 1, 2012. We encourage faculty to take advantage of this time to transition to the new version. Please contact Tom Killian at ext. 5122 if you have any questions.