Definitions
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- noun education A device used to
scan prepared forms used formultiple-choice andtrue-or-false testing. - noun education The prepared forms used in such devices
Etymologies
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Examples
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As for balancing chemical equations, I end up with a lot of writing because I refuse to use a pencil for anything but scantron tests.: p
Loosen Up Your Writing Grip To Banish Pain | Lifehacker Australia 2009
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It's essentially a scantron like machine programmed to read black permanent marker.
Ohio State Dem Chair: Hillary Needs Eight-Point Win In Both Ohio And Texas 2009
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A month before the Interplanetary Universal This and That Plus Learner Exam, upgraded and revised and validated at great expense and stamped with the Official Seal of the Universe, each child meticulously bubbled their own individualized scantron--some used crayons, some Play Doh, some used ink, and a few traditionalists still fumbled with Dixon Oriole Number 2 pencils.
A cautionary tale doyle 2009
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They write your order down on these scantron lookingbubble sheets (remember those from Junior High?), and then they slide them through a reader to determine how much you owe.
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A month before the Interplanetary Universal This and That Plus Learner Exam, upgraded and revised and validated at great expense and stamped with the Official Seal of the Universe, each child meticulously bubbled their own individualized scantron--some used crayons, some Play Doh, some used ink, and a few traditionalists still fumbled with Dixon Oriole Number 2 pencils.
Archive 2009-01-01 doyle 2009
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We have the optical scanners with paper ballots and it works great ... never seen a problem with them and the process is pretty simple if you've ever used a scantron sheet for anything.
NYT: Many New York City Precincts Initially Reported Zero Votes For Obama 2009
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ES&S, Diebold and a tiny handful of sibling Republican voting equipment and computing companies control not only the touchscreen machines, but also the electronic tabulators that count millions of scantron ballots, AND the electronic polling books that decide who gets to vote and who doesn't.
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As for balancing chemical equations, I end up with a lot of writing because I refuse to use a pencil for anything but scantron tests. :p
Loosen Up Your Writing Grip To Banish Pain | Lifehacker Australia 2009
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Do they wear jerseys with scantron bubbles on them?
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A couple of years ago, my partner and I went to vote in a local election and discovered that the optical scan machines where you mark a paper ballot, as with a scantron exam had been replaced by touch screen machines.
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