A Look Behind The Scenes: How Are Standardized Tests Scored?

Have you ever wondered how standardized tests are scored? It’s a different process than grading, but it still involves the work of human hands. NPR Education reporter Claudio Sanchez met a few of the people who volunteer to mark the more than 5 million tests administered this school year by Pearson – the company who will handle Indiana’s new ISTEP+ test next year.

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Standardized tests tied to the Common Core are under fire in lots of places for lots of reasons. But who makes them and how they’re scored is a mystery. For a peek behind the curtain, I traveled to the home of the nation’s largest test-scoring facility: San Antonio, Texas.

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