| US 7,493,077 B2 | ||
| System and method for processing test reports | ||
| David Coleman, New York, N.Y. (US); Steve Delvecchio, Seattle, Wash. (US); Ben Fishman, New York, N.Y. (US); Patrick Haugh, New York, N.Y. (US); Mark Malaspina, Brooklyn, N.Y. (US); Kito Mann, New York, N.Y. (US); David Waxman, New York, N.Y. (US); and Jason Zimba, New York, N.Y. (US) | ||
| Assigned to Grow.Net, Inc., New York, N.Y. (US) | ||
| Filed on Nov. 17, 2005, as Appl. No. 11/280,466. | ||
| Application 11/280466 is a continuation of application No. 11/231975, filed on Sep. 22, 2005, abandoned. | ||
| Application 11/231975 is a continuation of application No. 10/072820, filed on Feb. 08, 2002, abandoned. | ||
| Claims priority of provisional application 60/267840, filed on Feb. 09, 2001. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2006/0078863 A1, Apr. 13, 2006 | ||
| Int. Cl. G09B 3/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 434—350 [434/353] | 6 Claims |
| 1. A computerized method for generating evaluative or formative statements for test-takers with respect to skills assessed
on a test, the method comprising:
(a) obtaining as inputs for a first probabilistic function the test-takers' overall scores on the test as a whole;
(b) obtaining as inputs for the first probabilistic function a set of skills assessed on the test;
(c) obtaining as inputs for first probabilistic function the test-takers' skill-by-skill scores on each skill assessed on
the test, wherein said skill-by-skill scores are obtained by generating multiple potential skill sets, whereby each skill
set includes one or more skills tested on the test;
producing an item skill coding matrix for the test with respect to each of the skill sets, wherein each test item is assigned
to a single skill of said skill set;
implementing an iterative procedure in which pedagogical experts and statistical experts engage in a joint selection process
whereby a single skill set and a single item skill coding matrix are selected from among the aforementioned skill sets and
corresponding coding matrices; and
applying the selected skill set and the selected item skill coding matrix to each test-taker's set of item responses in order
to determine skill-by-skill scores for each test taker
(d) obtaining as inputs for the first probabilistic function a score-to-statement mapping between (i) individual test-takers'
possible scores on the test as a whole, and (ii) a set of overall evaluative or formative statements used to describe individual
test-takers' overall performance on the test as a whole;
(e) employing the first probabilistic function to select at least one of the overall evaluative or formative statements to
describe each test-taker's performance on each skill assessed on the test, wherein the overall evaluative or formative statements
are chosen based on the inputs obtained in (a) through (d); and
(z) displaying at least one selected overall evaluative or formative statement.
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