# Looking for companies that pay you to score standardized tests at home **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [March 28, 2007, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-companies-that-pay-you-to-score-standardized-tests-at-home/397904 "2007-03-28T23:17:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Carol\_the\_Impaler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Carol\_the\_Impaler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carol_the_Impaler)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2007, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-companies-that-pay-you-to-score-standardized-tests-at-home/397904/1 "2007-03-28T23:17:47Z")
Years ago, I signed up with a company to score standardized tests from home via the internet/email. I want to do this again, but can’t remember the name of the company. Do you know of any companies that do this? ---
**Author:** ![Duckster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duckster/32/1244_2.png) [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2007, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-companies-that-pay-you-to-score-standardized-tests-at-home/397904/2 "2007-03-29T04:27:25Z")
Considering standardized tests generally means computer scoring, why would a company these days look to a home-based business (and associated financial costs and security issues) when it can be done in-house cheaper and minimal to no security issues? My WAG is technology has eliminated those companies you are seeking. ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2007, 11:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-companies-that-pay-you-to-score-standardized-tests-at-home/397904/3 "2007-03-29T11:06:43Z")
[Pearson Educational Measurement](http://www.pearsonedmeasurement.com/) and [Educational Testing Service](http://www.ets.org/portal/site/ets/menuitem.22f30af61d34e9c39a77b13bc3921509/?vgnextoid=88067f95494f4010VgnVCM10000022f95190RCRD) ---
**Author:** ![Carol\_the\_Impaler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Carol\_the\_Impaler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carol_the_Impaler)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2007, 11:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-companies-that-pay-you-to-score-standardized-tests-at-home/397904/4 "2007-03-29T11:07:03Z")
No, these were all high school or junior high level tests. IIRC. Not as much all done on computer. When I signed up this was three years ago, so I don’t think they’ve all gone computer. More like the state tests we all had to take. ---
**Author:** ![groman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/73ab20/32.png) [@groman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/groman)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2007, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-companies-that-pay-you-to-score-standardized-tests-at-home/397904/5 "2007-03-29T15:19:50Z")
[QUOTE=niblet\_head] No, these were all high school or junior high level tests. IIRC. Not as much all done on computer. When I signed up this was three years ago, so I don’t think they’ve all gone computer. More like the state tests we all had to take. [/QUOTE] As far as I know all standardized tests have been using computerized scoring for at least a decade. I don’t remember ever seeing a single standardized test without a free answer/writing section(which couldn’t be scored in the manner described in the OP anyway) that was not done on some form of scantron. ---
**Author:** ![Duckster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duckster/32/1244_2.png) [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2007, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-companies-that-pay-you-to-score-standardized-tests-at-home/397904/6 "2007-03-29T16:06:18Z")
[QUOTE=dalej42] [Pearson Educational Measurement](http://www.pearsonedmeasurement.com/) and [Educational Testing Service](http://www.ets.org/portal/site/ets/menuitem.22f30af61d34e9c39a77b13bc3921509/?vgnextoid=88067f95494f4010VgnVCM10000022f95190RCRD) [/QUOTE] I sit corrected! :smack: :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2007, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-companies-that-pay-you-to-score-standardized-tests-at-home/397904/7 "2007-03-29T16:25:32Z")
My wife has been doing this for a couple of years. SAT tests, for example, are scored by computer, but a few years ago they added an essay question. Can’t score that one by machine. So a couple of times a year she works from home scoring these high school essays on standardized tests (she’s a former HS teacher). She works for Pearson, so I would recommend trying the link above. I understand there is a certain degree of competition for the positions, however. ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2007, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-companies-that-pay-you-to-score-standardized-tests-at-home/397904/8 "2007-03-29T16:29:17Z")
You might check your tax forms–did they give you a 1099? This would provide the company’s name and address. ---
**Author:** ![Carol\_the\_Impaler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Carol\_the\_Impaler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carol_the_Impaler)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2007, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-companies-that-pay-you-to-score-standardized-tests-at-home/397904/9 "2007-03-29T17:45:08Z")
I just signed up, unfortunately, I never worked for them. Can anyone think of any others? I don’t think it was one of the two linked above, although those two are good leads.