8 Mar
2002
8 Mar
'02
6:31 a.m.
then took the extra time messing
with the control marks along the edge.
I don't know if the changed control marks had anything to do
with it, but we never got the results back.
I've heard (but never been able to test), that if you rub chapstick, or
similar semi reflective goo, along the control lines of a ScanTron form,
that it can't track where to check for an answer. Supposedly if this is
done for exams (or similar right/wrong scoreing items), it will fail to
see any answers, and thus not consider any wrong, so it will think
everything is correct, giving you a perfect score.
Now, I openly believe that something like chapstick can keep it from
tracking where to look for an answer, but I find it harder to believe
that ScanTron has their systems set to assume everything is correct, and
only deduct those it finds wrong (seems like a setup like that would be
way to easy to bypass... so I would think they would assume a score of
Zero, and add up the right answers instead).
Anyone have a ScanTron system they can try it on.... I have always
wondered if it was true, or just one of those school age rumors.
-chris
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