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Test question response verification system

  • US 6,751,351 B2
  • Filed: 03/05/2001
  • Issued: 06/15/2004
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/05/2001
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. In a computerized test processing workflow system configured for analyzing electronic images of test question responses provided by a test taker, the system comprising a server subsystem having at least one server computer and a client subsystem having one or more client computers used by human editors located at the client computers, each human editor having particular skills for examining particular test portion subject matter, a method for enhancing the speed and accuracy of data within the workflow system in order to effect productive use of geographically-distributed human editors having particular appropriate skills, the method comprising:

  • a. selecting from each electronic image of test question responses at least one image clip;

    b. applying image recognition to generate data electronically from the at least one image clip;

    c. determining whether verification is needed of the data derived from the at least one image clip;

    d. matching image clip information to the particular skills of the human editors in order to select human editors having the particular appropriate skills;

    e. recompiling selected image clips into coherent image portions of the test question responses; and

    f. selectively presenting the coherent image portions to appropriate human editors located at the remote locations;

    whereby, through the transfer of the recompiled coherent image portions to appropriate human editors, widely-distributed human editors of greatly varying skills can be effectively used at the remote locations without the inefficiency of transferring relatively-large, unclipped electronic images of test question responses.

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