The Test Center offers classroom exam scoring services to Temple University faculty. To use this service, faculty provide us a set of filled out student bubble sheets with a corresponding answer key from an exam they conducted that is in need of scoring. After our office receives the exams, we will then score them and provide a web report with a comprehensive Item Analysis for your proceedings.
The Process
- Requests for exam processing may be dropped off in the mail slot of Room 715A Carnell Hall at any time.
- Test data and answer keys must be submitted on IRA-approved optical scanning ("bubble") forms along with a Classroom Examination Processing Request form.
- Requests will be available within 2-3 business days from the time the exam is submitted.
- After processing, faculty receive a detailed Item Analysis Package (IAP) report which includes a variety of statistical item and test measures, student listings, and scoring options. Additionally, an Excel file containing summary data and a raw scan data text file are provided for each test. The status of each exam scoring job, the IAP report (in pdf format), summary Excel file, and raw data file are available through IRA's Exam Access System (EAS) website. To sign up for EAS and receive your IAP report via the web, complete an EAS Form and drop off the signed application and a copy of your OWL Card in the mail slot of Room 715A Carnell Hall.
- Instructors at the Health Sciences Campus (HSC) can make special arrangements to drop-off and pick-up classroom examinations at the School of Pharmacy, Office of the Dean, Room 148, 3307 North Broad Street. Instructors must complete a Classroom Examination Processing Request form and submit it with the exam materials.
- Exams will be collected from the Health Sciences Campus each weekday morning and will be delivered to IRA by approximately 2:00 pm. IRA will process the exams as quickly as possible but cannot guarantee the exact return time at HSC.
- The classroom exam answer sheets and exam results are considered secure, confidential documents. Special arrangements have been made to transport the materials between the School of Pharmacy and IRA. IRA and the School of Pharmacy cannot, however, be responsible for delays, loss, or inconvenience.
- Instructors at the Ambler Campus can make special arrangements with Academic Services at (267) 468-8260 to drop-off and pick-up classroom examinations in West Hall, Room 102. This service requires that the instructor completes a Classroom Examination Processing Request form and submits this form with the exam materials.
- Exams will be collected from the Ambler Campus once a day, usually in the morning, and delivered to IRA. IRA staff will process the exams as quickly as possible but cannot guarantee the exact return time at Ambler.
- The classroom exam answer sheets and exam results are considered secure, confidential documents. Special arrangements have been made to transport the materials between the Ambler Campus and IRA. IRA and the Ambler Campus drop-off site cannot, however, be responsible for delays, loss, or inconvenience that might arise from circumstances beyond our control.
Agreement/Review Reminder
Instructors with personal identification can pick up exam results by appointment only. To make an appointment, please email mytest@temple.edu. Instructors' assistants with personal identification can pick up exam results only if they are specifically authorized by the instructor to receive the examination output, and this information is conveyed to IRA's Exam Services staff.
IRA cannot be responsible for delays due to equipment malfunctions, interruptions in University networks, expired network accounts, or other problems beyond our control.
Although there are a number of safety checks during the exam processing procedure, IRA is not responsible for inaccurate scores which are due to conditions beyond its control. These conditions include light marks; incomplete erasures; stray marks on the answer sheet; responses marked in ink; marks beyond boundaries; more than one marked response per test item; incorrect responses marked on the answer key; and/or torn, folded, or stapled answer sheets.
IRA maintains the confidentiality and security of the data. In order to maintain the confidentiality of student scores, examination results cannot be delivered, mailed, or faxed.
Scoring keys and test sheets not picked up within six weeks after the end of the semester will be destroyed by IRA.
Test data and answer keys must be submitted on IRA-approved optical scanning forms (see below).
Hours of Operation
Drop off any time. Pick up during your scheduled appointment.
The office is available by appointment only. If you would like to pick up exam materials, please schedule an appointment by emailing mytest@temple.edu. If you are unable to pick up during office hours, please contact our office at ira-exam-services@temple.edu or (215) 204-8611 for an appointment to pick up.
Contact Staff
Please call IRA's Exam Services unit at (215) 204-8611 or email us at ira-exam-services@temple.edu with questions.
To set up a zoom appointment – please reach out to ira-exam-services@temple.edu with your availability and we schedule a time that works best.