AUTOMATIC EDUCATIONAL ASSESSMENT SERVICE
First Claim
1. A method for educational assessment analysis, comprising:
- A. storing educational assessment definitions in an assessment repository device, wherein each assessment definition includes a scoring rubric and datum representative of an unadministered assessment;
B. receiving datum representative of an administered assessment, wherein the administered assessment includes a free form mark;
C. comparing datum representative of the unadministered assessment to datum representative of the administered assessment to identify differences therebetween;
D. applying the rubric to the identified differences to establish at least one educational assessment score derived from the free form mark; and
E. storing the educational assessment score in the assessment repository device.
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Abstract
A method and system for automatically helping a teacher/educator evaluate assessments administered to students for determining student'"'"'s attributes. The teacher/educator reviews stored assessment forms at a digital user interface (DUI) at a multifunction device (MFD) and selects the desired forms and creates an Assessment Batch which includes a List of Students to be given the forms for marking. The system automatically codes each form with personalized student information and prints the individualized assessment forms. The system may include an assessment repository for storing assessment definitions, rubrics, and administered assessments (e.g., results sheets), an may additionally or alternatively include an assessment analyzer for interpreting scanned imaged of administered assessments. The teacher/educator administers the assessment and assessment forms are manually marked, collected and scanned at the MFD, entered into storage and the marked images automatically analyzed and the assessments automatically evaluated from stored rubrics and the teacher/educator is automatically notified by email that the evaluation has been performed. The system enables the teacher/educator to review the evaluations remotely and validate/annotate the evaluation and update the records in storage. The Assessment Batch may be created for a list of students in a group, a class, a grade level, a school, a plurality of schools and students in a geographical area.
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15 Claims
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1. A method for educational assessment analysis, comprising:
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A. storing educational assessment definitions in an assessment repository device, wherein each assessment definition includes a scoring rubric and datum representative of an unadministered assessment; B. receiving datum representative of an administered assessment, wherein the administered assessment includes a free form mark; C. comparing datum representative of the unadministered assessment to datum representative of the administered assessment to identify differences therebetween; D. applying the rubric to the identified differences to establish at least one educational assessment score derived from the free form mark; and E. storing the educational assessment score in the assessment repository device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. An educational assessment analysis system, comprising:
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an educational assessment analysis module; an assessment repository device operatively associated with said educational assessment analysis module, wherein said educational assessment analysis module is configured to; identify a difference between an unadministered educational assessment and an administered assessment, the administered assessment including at least one student response, receive a rubric from the assessment repository device, and apply the rubric to said identified difference between the unadministered educational assessment and the administered assessment to obtain a set of granular data representative of the at least one student response. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15)
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10. The educational assessment analysis system of claim 9, wherein the educational assessment analysis module is further configured to store the educational assessment score on the assessment repository device.
- 11. The educational assessment analysis system of claim 9, wherein the educational assessment analysis module is further configured to assign a confidence level to the educational score.
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