As you turn to developing and administering standards-based assessments, the demands on staff can be daunting. Outsourcing these services to EDS can be an important strategy for ensuring the success and sustainability of your assessment program. Our unique blend of services and extensive experience may be used to assist with the development of a new assessment, or if you have an existing program, we can help at any point in the process to review program effectiveness, automate processes, reduce costs and improve turnaround.

Large Scale Assessments

State departments, county offices and other large organizations require a company that has the experience and the knowledge to manage large-scale assessment programs. Large-scale projects could include processing hundreds of thousands or even millions of student records.

Local Assessments

The local assessment programs administered by districts for their schools are the ones that make the most impact on learning and instructional practice. End of unit tests, proficiency exams, district developed standards-based assessments all fall within these types of assessments.

Assessment Services include:

• Test Materials Printing
  Designing and printing test booklets, scannable and non-scannable answer sheets, and ancillary materials.
• Data Pre-printing or Encoding
  Pre-printing answer documents and secure test materials with student, building and security information.
• Distribution and Collection
  Packaging, shipping, and verifying test materials deliveries to their proper destinations prior to testing. Collecting and verifying secure return of all test materials to our warehouse.
• Document Handling and Scanning
  Preparing test materials for processing to ensure accurate scoring and reporting of results.
• Score Sites
  Managing the flow of essay or open-ended items throughout the hand-scoring process.
• Scanning
  Optical mark and character recognition scanning with automated equipment.
• Scoring
  Multiple-choice item scoring, merging essay scores with multiple-choice results, and aggregating scores into groups for reporting.
• Psychometrics and Analysis
  Preparing measurement statistics and analyses to help to ensure the validity and reliability of your assessment.
• Reporting and Distribution
  Designing and developing simple as well as complex data reports for distribution via both the Web and on paper.
• Pick up & Delivery
  Within the Greater Bay Area, EDS offers pick up and delivery of test materials to and from our processing warehouse.
• Customer & Technical Support
  We provide each project with a staff that is capable of supporting your program, including answering questions related to the program, the testing requirements, shipping, packaging, web site use, and the reports.

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