Test management and assessment system and method

• US 20070178432A1
• Filed: 02/02/2006
• Published: 08/02/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 02/02/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: RISO, Incorporated (RISO Kagaku Corporation)
• Original Assignee: RISO, Incorporated (RISO Kagaku Corporation)
• Inventors: Silver, Bethany, Lisichenok, Andrey, Davis, Les
• Application Number:
  US11/346,105
• Publication Number:
  US 20070178432A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 434/353
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 7/02 of the type wherein the student is expected to construct an answer to the question which is presented or wherein the machine gives an answer to the question presented by a student

Abstract

A test management and assessment system allows the user to create a test and answer sheet. The system includes a device having a user interface defining a plurality of input fields from which the test is created. The input fields include a plurality of question fields in which a corresponding plurality of questions can be input, a corresponding plurality of answer key fields in which a plurality of correct answers for each of the plurality of questions can be input, and a corresponding plurality of question value fields in which a plurality of question values can be selectively assigned to each question. The answer sheet has a plurality of test data fields, including answer fields in which a test-taker can input answers. The system includes scanning means for scanning answer sheets upon their completion and assessment means for automatically grading the answer sheets as they are scanned.

Claims

1. A test management and assessment system which uses an answer sheet having a plurality of test data fields, the test data fields including answer fields in which a test taker can input answers, comprising:

a device having a user interface defining a plurality of input fields and configured to receive input from a user from which a test for the answer sheet is created, the input fields including a plurality of question fields in which a corresponding plurality of questions can be input, a corresponding plurality of answer key fields in which a plurality of correct answers for each of the plurality of questions can be input, and a corresponding plurality of question value fields in which a plurality of question values can be selectively assigned to each question;

scanning means for scanning answer sheets upon their completion; and

assessment means accessible from the computer for automatically grading the answer sheets as they are scanned based on the correct answers and the question values.

2. The system of claim 1, further comprising storage means for storing a test created via the user interface, and wherein the user interface is further configured to allow a user to selectively edit the input associated with a stored test.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the input fields further comprise a plurality of content fields in which a plurality of types of content may be assigned to each question, and wherein the assessment means comprises means for assessing the scanned answers for each answer sheet by content.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the test data fields include a test taker field in which the name of a test taker may be input, and wherein the assessment means comprises means for assessing the scanned answers by test taker.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the test data fields include a class name input field in which the name of the class for which the test is being administered may be input, and wherein the assessment means comprises means for assessing the scanned answers by class.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the test data fields include a teacher input field in which the name of the teacher for which the test is being administered may be input, and wherein the assessment means comprises means for assessing the scanned answers by teacher.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the assessment means further comprises means for creating a plurality of reports from which the test data can be assessed.

8. The system of claim 7, wherein at least one of the plurality of created reports comprises statistics relating to a test-taker'"'"'s individual performance on the test and statistics relating to an overall performance of all test-takers taking the test.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein the created report comprises a test-taker'"'"'s responses to each question on the test.

10. The system of claim 8, wherein said created report comprises categories of questions based upon distinct subject matter areas and statistics relating to a test taker'"'"'s individual performance on the distinct subject matter area questions.

11. The system of claim 1, wherein a test data field comprises a machine readable code uniquely assigned to the test which when scanned automatically populates at least a portion of the test data fields of the answer sheet, identifies the test and reduces manual data input associated with the test during scanning.

12. A method of test management and assessment wherein each test uses an answer sheet having a plurality of test data fields, the test data fields including answer fields in which a test taker can input answers, comprising:

providing a user interface defining a plurality of input fields and configured to receive input from a user from which a test for the answer sheet is created, the input fields including a plurality of question fields in which a corresponding plurality of questions can be input, a corresponding plurality of answer key fields in which a plurality of correct answers for each of the plurality of questions can be input, and a corresponding plurality of question value fields in which a plurality of question values can be selectively assigned to each question;

scanning the answer sheets upon their completion; and

automatically grading the answer sheets as they are scanned based on the correct answers and the question values.

13. The method of claim 12, further comprising storing a test created via the user interface, and wherein the user interface is further configured to allow a user to selectively edit the input associated with a stored test.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the input fields further comprise a plurality of content fields in which a plurality of types of content may be assigned to each question, and wherein the method further comprises the step of assessing the scanned answers for each answer sheet by content.

15. The method of claim 12, wherein the test data fields include a test taker field in which the name of a test taker may be input, and wherein the method further comprises the step of assessing the scanned answers by test taker.

16. The method of claim 12, wherein the test data fields include a class name input field in which the name of the class for which the test is being administered may be input, and wherein the method further comprises assessing the scanned answers by class.

17. The method of claim 12, wherein the test data fields include a teacher input field in which the name of the teacher for which the test is being administered may be input, and wherein the method further comprises the step of assessing the scanned answers by teacher.

18. The method of claim 12, further comprising creating a plurality of reports from which the test data can be assessed.

19. The method of claim 18, further comprising displaying on at least one of the plurality of created reports statistics relating to a test-taker'"'"'s individual performance on the test and statistics relating to an overall performance of all test-takers taking the test.

20. The method of claim 19, further comprising displaying a test-taker'"'"'s responses to each question on the test.

21. The method of claim 19, further comprising categorizing questions on the test into distinct subject matter areas, and displaying statistics relating to a test taker'"'"'s individual performance on the distinct subject matter area questions.

22. The method of claim 12, further comprising assigning a unique, machine readable identifier to the test which when scanned automatically populates a least a portion of the test data fields of the answer sheet.