A gray background indicates that there has been no data entered or scanned for this question. The correct answer will display within the cell, but has no effect on the percent grade for the assessment.



A white background is for "Teacher Scored" questions. If a scored has been selected by the teacher, the cell will change colors from gray to white.



A green background indicates that the entered or scanned response is correct.



A red background indicates that the entered or scanned response is incorrect.



A yellow background with an "X" indicates that the question has been "excluded" by user selection. This means that this question on the answer sheet has been bubbled in to exclude or the teacher has selected to exclude this question manually.



A yellow background with an " * " indicates that there were multiple answers detected when the answer sheet was scanned. In this scenario, the teacher should revisit the answer sheet to make the best judgement of what response was intended by the student.



A yellow background indicates that the answer choice was not selected for this question. In this scenario, the teacher should revisit the answer sheet to verify that the question does not contain a response.


A black background indicates that the question has been excluded from the entire assessment. This can only be done from within the Assessment Editor.