Scantron automatically scores tests using a reflective-read technology ... The first light looks for a black mark on the form’s edge--called the timing track--that indicates answer bubbles follow.

And even if those little bubble sheets do disappear, Scantron has dipped its toe into online testing with ParSystem, which can work with Learning Management Systems to track grades. Though widely ...

Machine-graded bubble sheets are the defining feature of American schools. Today’s kindergartners may never have to fill one out.

Traditional Scantron form does not offer this flexibility and is limited to bubble sheets with results that must be manually imported. Gradescope not only significantly reduces the time spent on ...

Scantron machines optically sense marks made on the forms passed through them, comparing the bubbles darkened by test-takers to those of the appropriate "answer keys" for each test.

“Scantron test scoring is an outdated model for testing that requires additional resources that can be directed to other needs,” according to Associate Provost Jeff Wanko. “As we have moved away from ...