Unified Web-Based System For The Delivery, Scoring, And Reporting Of On-Line And Paper-Based Assessments

• US 20090186327A1
• Filed: 07/28/2008
• Published: 07/23/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 07/02/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Vantage Technologies Knowledge Assessment LLC
• Original Assignee: Vantage Technologies Knowledge Assessment LLC
• Inventors: Elliott, Scott M., McGinley, Michael P., Maguire, Brian C., Allen, George T. III, Patrylak, Robert
• Granted Patent: US 8,213,856 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 434/323
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 3/00 Manually or mechanically operated teaching appliances working with questions and answers electrically-operated G09B7/00; e.g. G09B7/063 advertising or displaying in general G09F

Abstract

A hardware and software implemented, standardize testing, scoring and reporting system has a network interface, being either LAN or the Internet. A test is selected from a library, assigned to a group of examinees, and a record is made of the assignment. The test is available on-line, or downloaded, or both. Downloaded tests are saved as PDF files and printed into booklets. Examinees record answers on bubble sheets, which are scanned at the customer site or shipped to a processing plant. Individual scanned answer sheets provided data for individual scanned records. Scanning software performs an initial auto-correct and then performs an initial check for errors in scanned records. Tests are batched for later inspection. Scanned records with errors are classified as invalid and the test papers are separated. Prompts are generated for a human test paper inspection and scanned record editing. Accepted batches of scanned records are sent to a scanned records server where a second scanned records error check is performed. Prompts are sent to the appropriate scanning station for further human editing of invalid scanned records. Once all records are valid they are scored and the test results stored in a database, which is accessed by a reporting subsystem associated with an on-line server.

Claims

1. A method for processing an answer sheet associated with an individual at a computing workstation, the method comprising:

receiving the answer sheet, wherein the answer sheet comprises answer sheet fields;

parsing the received answer sheet into a record, wherein the record comprises record fields corresponding to the answer sheet fields of the received answer sheet;

determining whether at least one field in the record fields associated with the record has valid information;

rendering a spreadsheet comprising an indication that the record is invalid if, based on the determination, the at least one field includes invalid information; and

providing access to the rendered spreadsheet to receive a correction of the invalid information.