1. Computer Scoring Le Grand Concours 2011 and beyond

2. Tracking students We will have a new integrated website for use by all concerned with the administration and result presentation for the Contest.

3. Tracking students CSES will be replaced by an on-line form. Teachers or administrators will list their students on the website to counteract errors in students bubbling their information. Students that are not listed in the on-line form will still be accepted, but their bubbling errors cannot be corrected automatically. If students are lost, we will have a “lost and found” of missing students and will be able to track them down.

4. Tracking Students Answer sheets will be branded with a pre- printed code that will allow us to determine which chapter the answer sheet originated in. Answer sheets will be re-designed to accommodate a new school teacher code that will be unique for each teacher

5. Administrative details Administrators provide national with teacher contact information (name, school, email), which will create an account for each teacher. The teachers are expected to log in to register students. It is possible for the Administrator to enter student data if necessary. The Administrator can place a cap on the number of students the teacher can register, as in how many they have paid for, if desired.

6. Administrative details Teachers use their accounts to register their students, and after results are done, they will be able to download their own students’ results. Results are unavailable to the teachers until both the Chapter Administrator and the National Director are convinced that the bulk of the errors are corrected. Corrections will be made online, with reports shadowing the corrected information.

7. Administrative details We are working toward having proctors mail their answer forms directly to the new Scoring Center.

8. Benefits We will be able to pre-register the majority of the students with the on-line CSES, but still be flexible enough to accommodate last minute substitutions, additions, or replacements. Teachers will use their e-mail address as user name and a one-time password. Chapter Administrator will not have to coordinate log-in credentials, as they are self- serve.

9. Benefits Better tracking of student data. Ability to correct errors once, instead of our current system of corrections on the chapter level, then on the national level. Proctors returning the answer sheets directly to the scoring center will eliminate the collection duty now burdening Administrators.

10. Benefits As data is uploaded from scanned forms, the database grows- bit by bit- and the reports drawn against that data simply get more detailed and complete through time. Scanning and reporting are thus an incremental process, easing administrative load. Answer sheets completed in pen will not automatically be eliminated.

11. Benefits For those Chapters with large enough participation, the website will calculate a Chapter percentile in addition to the National. Standard reports are generated in Acrobat format, right in the browser. Student data is available for download to all, the scope being restricted to the user’s role, for custom reports.

12. Benefits Administrators can share report templates with other Administrators, since everybody is drawing data from a common format, enforced by the website. The popular ones may become “official.” Special reports and/or documents may be posted by the Director, which use the online student database; such as prize packing lists, certificate lists, etc.

13. Benefits This new system can grow and be used in the future for possible on-line testing.

14. Steps for National Choose new vendor for scoring center, based on responses to requests for information sent in June. Design new answer sheets. Set up new server and obtain web address. Prepare new websites and create training information.