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Edusoft's high-speed, low-cost scanning technology allows educators to see assessment results in a matter of minutes. Whether you are administering a district-wide benchmark assessment or a teacher is giving a class quiz, Edusoft's scanning technology is a powerful, easy-to-use solution.
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Edusoft's scanning technology can save your district money while providing faster feedback than other assessment grading solutions.
Edusoft can save you money
• The Edusoft scanning solution uses plain paper and off-the-shelf copier/scanners.
• A district can buy a scanner/copier per school for approximately $450. Answer sheets can be printed on regular paper. Edusoft's open solution provides greater convenience at 1/10th the cost of proprietary solutions (Scantron or NCS) that require expensive special paper and proprietary scanners.
How it works
• Teachers use Edusoft to print answer sheets for their classes.
• Teachers and administrators can photocopy answer sheets conveniently on regular paper.
• Students fill in multiple-choice bubbles and the teacher records open-answer scores.
• Teachers feed answer sheets through the Edusoft scanner, which uploads the test results to the Edusoft database.
• Edusoft scores answer sheets based on a pre-loaded answer key. Teachers and administrators can view results online and generate reports in minutes.
Scanning speed
• The scanner can accept up to 50 answer sheets at once, and process 20 pages per minute.
• Tests for an entire class can be graded within minutes.
Scanning accuracy
• Scoring accuracy is greater than 99.8%.
What you need
• Edusoft uses an off-the-shelf scanner that can be purchased from almost any computer or electronics retailer for approximately $450.
• The scanner can also serve as a printer, copier and fax machine.
• The scanner must be connected to a computer running Internet Explorer (Version 6.0 or higher).