Award Winning Manuals

Scantron has won several documentation awards, including:

APEX

APEX is the Annual Awards for Publication Excellence Competition sponsored by the editors of Writing That Works (Communications Concepts,Inc.)

STC Spotlight

The Society for Technical Communication recognizes exceptional manuals in an annual competition.

Self-Paced User Education Solutions

Scantron's user guides are organized how you need to see information:

  • Each guide is focused on your role (teacher, administrator, etc.).
  • Each chapter focuses on a set of tasks you need to accomplish in your busy day.
  • Each task contains only the steps you need to complete that task effectively and efficiently.
  • Each step is straightforward and most steps include a graphic so you can confirm you're right.
  • Each online tutorial is focused on acommon critical task

Tools to help you find Answers

Scantron knows few people read manuals cover-to-cover, but most need answers to specific questions. Each Performance Series User's Guide and help file contains a Table of Contents and index or keyword list so you can find exactly the answer you need. In addition, the help files and the PDF versions of the guides support full-text searching.

Each online tutorial provides a handson chance to try out and practice common critical tasks, such as using the Item Editor.

Performance Series Guides

All guides contain the following features:

  • Fully indexed
  • Spiral, lay-flat binding
  • Sturdy cardstock cover

Contact your Sales Rep to order printed copies

User Guide: Administrator's Version

Complete user's guide to the district- and school-level features of Performance Series.

User's Guide Teacher's Version

Complete user's guide to the school-level features of Achievement Series.

User's Guide: Data Entry/Proctor's Version

Complete user's guide to the data entry- and test proctor-level features of Performance Series.

System Administrator's Guide

Complete user's guide to the location controller features of Performance Series.

Performance Series Technical Reference Report

Complete reference guide to the theory and validation of Performance Series testing and items.

Performance Series Bundle

Set of four User Guides for Performance Series: User's Guide Administrator's Version. User's Guide Teacher's Version, User's Guide Data Entry/Proctor's Version, Technical Report. See previous (or next; depending on where you put this) listings for details on each guide.

Performance Series Lab Packs

All lab packs contain the following features:

  • Full color
  • Laminated
  • 3-hole punched

Contact your Sales Rep to order printed copies.

Proctor

One each of the Performance Series Proctor Quick Reference cards:

  • Proctoring a Performance Series Test
  • Proctoring a Performance Series Mathematics Test
  • Proctoring a Performance Series Reading Test
  • Proctoring a Performance Series Language Arts Test
  • Proctoring a Performance Series Science Test

Online Testing

Each student lab pack contains 15 copies of one of the following:

  • Taking a Performance Series Test for Elementary Students
  • Taking a Performance Series Test for Middle- and High-School Students