Scantron Corporation

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Scantron Corporation
Company typePrivate
FoundedJune 1972;51 years ago (1972-06)
FounderWilliam E. Sanders
Headquarters,
United States
Parent Transom Capital Group [ needs update ]
Website www.scantron.com

Scantron Corporation is an American company based in Eagan, Minnesota. Scantron provides assessment solutions and technology services for business, education, certification, and government clients.

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Scantron Assessment Solutions deals with scanner manufacturing, forms printing, computer-based testing, and the creation of test questions by psychometricians. It operates in 98% of the US school districts, 56 countries, 48 ministries of education, and 94 of the top 100 US universities. The company is well known for their machine-readable paper forms on which students mark answers to multiple-choice test questions [1] and the optical mark recognition (OMR) and imaging scanners that read them. To analyze those answers, the machines use OMR- and image-based data collection software. In addition to its forms and scanners, Scantron provides web- and desktop-based assessment software, such as Performance Series. [2]

Scantron Technology Solutions provides managed technology support for IT endpoints and devices. In 2022, Scantron acquired ServRight [3] to further extend its technology capabilities.

Scantron is wholly owned by Transom Capital Group, [4] which took place in December 2019.[ needs update ] Scantron was a member of the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) from 2010 until it resigned from the organization in 2012. [5]

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