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	Secure, Full-Service Scoring CTB's scoring services for TerraNova, The Second Edition reflect the same integrity and technical excellence that drove the development of this new assessment series. Our regional scoring centers and highly trained staff ensure accurate, efficient processing of even the most complex TerraNova assessments. All sites are fully equipped with advanced hardware and software to ensure the highest possible standards of quality, service, and responsiveness to customer needs.
		Stringent Security Procedures - We maintain stringent security for all test materials, specifications, and score reports. Because CTB manages the entire scoring and reporting process, each step is smoothly and efficiently integrated with the next.
		Advanced Scoring Systems - CTB leads the industry in the scoring of assessments with advanced imaging--technology that captures electronic images of test book pages and routes them for computerized scoring. This electronic process provides highly accurate, consistent scoring for all assessments, even those including students' written work, such as essays and constructed-response math solutions.
		Superior Quality Assurance - CTB uses a range of advanced quality assurance techniques, including multiple readings of student responses; multiple, random read-behinds by CTB supervisors; and verification of correct application of scoring rules by evaluators and team leaders. Electronic management of test materials ensures that CTB's scoring process delivers the most reliable, consistent results possible.
		Meaningful Scores - CTB reports three types of scores for TerraNova, The Second Edition. A wide variety of norm-referenced scores describe individual student performance relative to the national norm group. Criterion-referenced scores are reported for each content objective measured by the test in terms of the Objectives Performance Index (OPI), a unique score developed by CTB. Performance Level scores provide a description of what students can do in terms of the content and skills assessed.