Form Return - update and next steps

Update

When FormReturn was implemented in the Fall of 2013, it was initially used in a pilot project to mark a few exams. In December 2013, it was used to mark final and equivalency exams.  Since then, the number of answer sheets created has increased to 83 and 939 exams have been processed to date.

Subject	# Exams Processed	Answer Sheets
Biology	226	10
Chemistry	107	11
General Science	383	15
Math	119	32
Physics	50	11
English	54	4
Total	939	83

Table 1. The number of answer sheets created by subject and exams processed to date.

Exam	# Exams Processed
Biology 20 Final	29
Biology 20 Unit 1	28
Biology 20 Unit 2	24
Biology 20 Unit 3	19
Biology 30 EQ	35
Biology 30 Unit 1	47
Biology 30 Unit 2	42
Chem 30 Unit 2	26
English 30-2 EQ	30
Math 30-1 Unit 1	26
Math 30-1 Unit 2	23
Science 10 Final	38
Science 14 Final	36
Science 14 Unit 1	38

Table 2.  A detailed exam and item analysis report will be created for all exams having reached the target number of exams processed of 40 or more. (100  exams or more is ideal.)

Next steps

We will continue to create answer sheets and collect data for all official exams, especially math and science.  As the number of answer sheets increases, the amount of data collected continues to increase.

One purpose of FormReturn is to mark multiple choice and numerical response questions, but it also allows us to provide useful information to teachers.

Currently, we are providing teachers with immediate feedback on the exams in the form of simple student reports, and graphical representations of student marks and responses. (Figure 1) Once the number of exams processed reaches 40 or greater (see Table 2), we will also provide an exam and item analysis report.

These cumulative reports and any aggregate exam data collected will be made available to teachers on Google drive. 

Figure 1. Sample immediate feedback provided to teachers.