This applies to the Standard Test Form, the 200-response answer sheet that is completed by students.

Teachers - Instruct your students to:

• fill each bubble completely.

• remove any stray marks on the bubble sheets.

• erase unintended bubbles completely and cleanly.
  
• use # 2 pencils.  Responses in pen and colored markers will not show up as answers.

• The most important item on the student's answer sheet is the student's ID number. The student ID number is the unique identifier for the student. Every sheet should have a student ID number bubbled in.

• Do not change the name on a pre-slugged answer sheet  and use it for another student.  The name will no longer match the student ID pre-slugged on the sheet.

• If you did not receive an answer sheet for a student, obtain a blank answer sheet from your Assessment Advocate. It is mandatory to bubble in the student ID number and legibly write in the student's name, the grade level, and school name. The student ID number can be obtained from an attendance bubble sheet, class roster, or from the school office.

• Monitor to be sure that students have clearly bubbled their answer sheets. A good quality bubble is one where you can't see the pre-printed character in the bubble.
  
• Suggest that students bubble with a moderate amount of darkness while taking the test¾ allowing for clean erasure. Upon completion of the test, students should darken their responses.
  
• Keep sheets free of water, coffee and food.
  
• Organize and align sheets for scanning before turning them in to the Assessment Advocate.    They all need to be facing the same way.
  
• When in doubt, don't hesitate to ask questions of your Assessment Advocate or e-mail Student Assessment.

For Assessment Advocates:

• Send all scan sheets by the deadline even  if you are missing a few teacher's scan sheets.  Email Jeff Weed the names of the teachers whose sheets are missing.  Send the remaining scan sheets ASAP. Remember, late scan sheets delay receiving results.
  
• Be sure you have blank scan at your site to give out to teachers.

• Turn all answer sheets in the same direction and band sheets by grade level before putting them into the accordion folder.
  

Poor quality answer sheets and missing or incorrect student ID numbers slow down the scoring process.