Systems and methods for generating reading diagnostic assessments

• US 20070172810A1
• Filed: 01/26/2006
• Published: 07/26/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 01/26/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Let's Go Learn Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Let's Go Learn Incorporated
• Inventors: Capone, Richard, McCallum, Richard
• Application Number:
  US11/340,873
• Publication Number:
  US 20070172810A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 434/353
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 7/04 characterised by modifying the teaching programme in response to a wrong answer, e.g. repeating the question, supplying a further explanation

Abstract

Systems and methods are disclosed to provide educational assessment of reading performance for a student by receiving a log-in from the student over a network; presenting a new concept to the student through a multimedia presentation; testing the student on the concept at a predetermined learning level; collecting test results for one or more concepts into a test result group; performing a diagnostic assessment of the test result group; and adaptively modifying the predetermined learning level based on the adaptive diagnostic assessment and repeating the process at the modified predetermined learning level for a plurality of sub-tests.

Claims

1. A method to provide educational assessment of reading performance for a student, comprising:

a. receiving a log-in from the student over a network;

b. presenting a new concept to the student through a multimedia presentation;

c. testing the student on the concept at a predetermined learning level;

d. collecting test results for one or more concepts into a test result group;

e. performing a diagnostic assessment of the test result group; and

f. adaptively modifying the predetermined learning level based on the adaptive diagnostic assessment and repeating (b)-(e) at the modified predetermined learning level for a plurality of sub-tests.

2. The method of claim 1, comprising sub-testing the student with high-frequency words, word recognition, word analysis, phonemic awareness, word meaning, spelling and silent reading.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the high frequency words sub-testing comprises determining recognition of a basic sight-word vocabulary.

a. Student response time measured and factored into the determination of correct or incorrect for each student'"'"'s response.

4. The method of claim 2, wherein the word recognition sub-testing comprises determining recognition of phonetically regular and phonetically irregular words.

5. The method of claim 2, wherein the word analysis sub-testing comprises determining recognition of specific phonemic principles

a. Uses real and non-real words to isolate student knowledge of phonetic principles.

6. The method of claim 2, wherein the phonemic awareness sub-testing comprises determining recognition and successful manipulation of sounds within words played aloud to students.

7. The method of claim 2, wherein the word meaning sub-testing comprises determining a receptive oral vocabulary.

8. The method of claim 2, wherein the spelling sub-testing comprises determining correct word spelling.

9. The method of claim 2, wherein the silent reading sub-testing comprises determining comprehension of one or more leveled passages.

10. The method of claim 1, comprising generating a reading profile for the student based on the pattern of subtest results.

11. The method of claim 9, comprising providing a unique reading instructional path to the student based on the reading profile.

12. The method of claim 10, wherein the instructions comprises sight words, phonics, vocabulary, and comprehension instructions.

13. The method of claim 10, wherein the instructions comprise one of:

a tutorial format, a reinforcement format, a graded-activity format.

14. The method of claim 10, comprising allowing a teacher or a parent to monitor, control, or adjust an instruction track.

15. The method of claim 1, further comprising generating an output summarizing the test results.

16. The method of claim 1, wherein the multimedia presentation comprises one of:

sound, image, animation, video, text.

17. The method of claim 1, wherein the collecting test results comprises capturing results for a predetermined number of concepts.

18. A server to provide educational assessment of reading performance for a student, comprising:

a network interface coupled to a wide area network; and

a processor coupled to the network interface and executing computer readable code to receive a log-in from the student over a network;

present a new concept to the student through a multimedia presentation;

test the student on the concept at a predetermined learning level;

collect test results for one or more concepts into a test result group;

perform a diagnostic assessment of the test result group; and

adaptively modify the predetermined learning level based on the adaptive diagnostic assessment and repeating (b)-(e) at the modified predetermined learning level for a plurality of sub-tests.

19. The server of claim 18, comprising code to sub-test the student with high-frequency words, word recognition, word analysis, word meaning, spelling and silent reading.

20. A client computer adapted to receive educational assessment of reading performance from a remote server, comprising:

a network interface coupled to the remote server over a wide area network; and

a processor coupled to the network interface and executing computer readable code to receive a log-in from a student over a network;

present a new concept to the student through a multimedia presentation;

test the student on the concept at a predetermined learning level;

collect test results for one or more concepts into a test result group;

perform a diagnostic assessment of the test result group; and

adaptively modify the predetermined learning level based on the adaptive diagnostic assessment and repeating (b)-(e) at the modified predetermined learning level for a plurality of sub-tests.