From Paper Trails to Precision—How Scantron Powers the Platform Behind Thousands of Competitive Events

 

What started as a simple need—to streamline the way youth agricultural competitions were judged—has grown into a nationwide solution supporting thousands of events each year. JudgingCard was born out of a passion for improving the competitor experience and reducing the behind-the-scenes chaos for coordinators and judges.

Their mission was clear: make event scoring faster, more accurate, and easier to manage. But with so many moving pieces—rubrics, scorecards, judges, and participants—scaling their vision required more than software. It needed a reliable, high-powered engine to handle the data behind it all.

That’s where Scantron comes in.

While JudgingCard delivers the seamless, intuitive front-end experience, Scantron runs the powerful backend. Our scanners and forms process thousands of submissions with lightning speed—whether they’re traditional paper scansheets, custom e-sheets, or digital rubrics. In just a few hours, what used to take days is completed with near-perfect accuracy.

“Scantron isn’t just a vendor—they’re the foundation of our system,” says a JudgingCard representative. “We built our platform on the idea that no matter how big the event is, results should be delivered fast and fairly. Scantron’s technology lets us do exactly that.”

From local FFA contests to massive state and national competitions, Scantron empowers JudgingCard to deliver real-time results, dynamic scoring structures, and smooth coordination for multiple hosts—all without added complexity for event organizers.

Together, we’ve helped transform the judging of competitive events into a modern, automated process that’s trusted by educators, volunteers, and youth leaders across the country.

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