Observed arrival · 2026-10-16
Pencil Comeback: paper tests, with a coin on the report card
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A browser-based tool for writing paper tests, producing shuffled versions and answer keys, marking a class, and reviewing question performance.
- For
- Teachers preparing and marking paper tests
- Worth noticing
- A fixed seed reproduces versions; its seating map links each printed question back to the master and correct option.
Field notes
Test authors mark the correct option with an asterisk, freeze options with an exclamation mark, and list accepted short answers after an equals sign. For short responses, the page says a prewritten matching policy avoids guessing and sends answers marked wrong to a review list. Its item analysis defines discrimination as the top 27% minus the bottom 27%, alongside difficulty and question-to-test correlation. The $PENCIL market panel currently shows dashes for price, volume, and liquidity.
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