New — AI-generated questions. Describe your test and get questions in seconds, optionally aligned to your standards. See how it works
Scan and grade printed assessments effortlessly
Print answer sheets on plain paper, scan them with a phone or any document scanner, and get scores back right away. No special forms to buy and no scanning machine to maintain.
Free for your first 100 scans. Pro is $25 a year. No credit card required.
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Teachers at these schools, districts, and universities grade with PaperScorer
- Scans processed
- 4M+
- Students reached
- 1.8M+
- Schools served
- 2K+
- US states
- 40
- Countries
- 12
Keep the paper tests. Drop the forms and the machine.
Bubble-sheet systems need special forms and a scanner of their own. PaperScorer needs neither, so the only thing that changes is how fast the grading gets done.
Answer sheets
Bubble-sheet machines: Pre-printed proprietary forms, bought by the pack
PaperScorer: Any plain paper, printed on the printer you already have
Scanning
Bubble-sheet machines: A dedicated scanning machine
PaperScorer: A phone, a tablet, any document scanner, or a PDF sent by email
Cost
Bubble-sheet machines: Hardware, forms, and upkeep that can run into the thousands
PaperScorer: Free for 100 scans. Pro is $25 a year per teacher.
Moving off an older system? See how PaperScorer works as a Scantron alternative.
Scantron is a registered trademark of Scantron Corporation. PaperScorer is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Scantron Corporation.
From a stack of paper to a gradebook in four steps
Your students take the test the way they always have. Everything after the pencils go down is PaperScorer.
Water cycle quiz
Name
Score
8/10
- 1ABCD
- 2ABCD
- 3ABCD
- 4ABCD
- 5ABCD
- 6ABCD
- 7ABCD
- 8ABCD
- 9ABCD
- 10ABCD
1. Create
Write the test in PaperScorer or reuse questions from your item bank, tagged to standards if you like.
2. Print
Print answer sheets on plain paper. Students mark them in pencil or black pen.
3. Scan
Scan the stack with the free iOS or Android app, any document scanner, or by email.
4. Analyze
Scores, item analysis, and standards breakdowns are ready right away.
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Works with the systems your school already uses
Google Classroom sync comes with Pro. Canvas, Blackboard, Brightspace, Moodle, and Schoology sync, plus Clever and ClassLink sign-on and rostering, come with Enterprise.
Learning management systems
Rostering, sign-on, and assessment platforms
Stop writing the questions too.
Describe the test in one line and PaperScorer drafts the multiple choice questions — plausible distractors, a checked answer key, and a link to a standard on every question when you choose standards. Up to 50 at a time. Then you edit, print, and scan exactly as you do now.
- On Basic and Pro, pay per question: 50 for $3, down to $0.028 each in larger packs. Enterprise districts can switch it on for every teacher.
- Add standards to align every question, or leave them off
- Every question is an editable draft until you approve it
What you type
5th grade water cycle, focus on evaporation and condensation
What comes back
- Questions written to that topic and grade
- Distractors that are actually plausible
- A verified key, with options shuffled
- Standard links on every question, if you added standards
Start on your own, or bring your whole district
Grade your next stack of tests with PaperScorer, whichever way you buy.
For teachers
Sign up in a minute and grade your next quiz from your phone.
- Free for your first 100 scan sheets, multiple choice
- Pro is $25 a year: unlimited scans and every question type
- Pro adds PDF and Word import and Google Classroom sync
- Free scanning app for iOS and Android
For schools and districts
One rollout for every teacher, at $1.25 per student.
- Single sign-on and rostering through Clever and ClassLink
- Every LMS integration, including Canvas, Blackboard, and Schoology
- Shared assessments, visibility groups, and an admin control panel
- SOC 2 compliant and FERPA ready. Security details