Event supervisors are a dedicated set of volunteers who prepare, facilitate and score each tournament event in accordance with the 2027 Science Olympiad Rules, to be released on September 8, 2026.
Check back here soon for the 2027 Ohio Science Olympiad State Tournament Volunteer Form!
This page provides event supervisors with the resources to develop challenging, hands-on activities and events for Ohio Science Olympiad participants. Utilizing the resources and materials on this page will also provide a consistent experience for all.
Scoring Resources:
- Brian Hoffman’s (National ES) electronic team checklists are available for multiple build events and highly encouraged for use: sochecklist.com
- Avoids data entry errors when translating from paper to Scilympiad
- Speeds up scoring time
- Students get instant feedback to show their coaches
- Free download - Excel-based Scoring System for Sanctioned Science Olympiad Tournaments
- Scilympiad - Volunteer-created Tournament and Scoring Management System for Sanctioned Science Olympiad Tournaments
2027 State Tournament Test Writing Review Timeline for Event Supervisors
Coming soon for 2027.
Who are event reviewers and what do they look for when reviewing exams?
Event reviewers are individuals with both Science Olympiad experience and subject-matter expertise in their specific event. They use a standardized checklist to review written exams for items such as compliance with the rules, answer key accuracy and appropriate overall difficulty. Specific criteria include:
- Rule changes have been addressed
- Tests conform to the specs of the event
- Tests are appropriate difficulty level for the division
- Questions separate levels of performance
- The test is a new test, not one used at prior competitions
- Questions are appropriate to the time length of the event
- Questions only include appropriate topics (example: state competitions do not include national topics)
- Questions represent appropriate proportions in the event rules
- Tiebreaker(s) is/are clearly indicated
- Each question is clear and has plausible distractors
- The answer key is correct and there is only one “right” answer when appropriate