Curriculum assessment

• US 9,754,500 B2
• Filed: 07/23/2013
• Issued: 09/05/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 07/25/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Illuminate Education, Inc. (Raphael Holding Co.)
• Original Assignee: Learning Egg, LLC
• Inventors: Stambaugh, Elijah, Adduci, Robert L., Mitchell, Steven C., Kellen, Patrick Michael
• Primary Examiner(s): Hong, Thomas
• Application Number:
  US13/948,755
• Publication Number:
  US 20140030686A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,505 Days
• Field of Search: 434322
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 5/00 Electrically-operated educational appliances working with questions and answers G09B7/00; simulators G09B9/00; advertising or displaying in general G09F
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 7/06 of the multiple-choice answer-type, i.e. where a given question is provided with a series of answers and a choice has to be made from the answers

Abstract

One or more embodiments of techniques or systems for curriculum assessment are provided herein. One or more assessments can be generated. For example, an assessment can be generated based on one or more forms. In this way, assessments can be created in a structured manner and distributed accordingly. One or more of the assessments may be administered. After one or more students or test takers take the assessments, one or more of the assessments can be analyzed or aggregated. Analysis can include statistical analysis related to one or more similar, related, or associated assessments. In this manner, curriculum assessment can be provided, thereby enhancing teaching efficiency and productivity, etc.

Claims

1. A method for curriculum assessment, comprising:

determining an assessment parameter, the assessment parameter indicative of a textbook, a chapter, or a curriculum;

selecting a question based on an identification of a weakness of an assessee, wherein the selected question comprises a short-answer question;

selecting a format for the question of an assessment to be generated;

generating the assessment based on the assessment parameter and the format, and the selected question wherein the assessment comprises a registration mark;

printing, by a printing device, on a sheet of paper, the selected question in the selected format wherein the printed paper comprises a section for a handwritten response to the short-answer question;

scanning, by a scanning device, an assessee response associated with an assessee for the assessment, and

determining, by the scanning device, an orientation of the assessment based on the registration mark on the assessment;

recording, by an audio sensor, audio clip, wherein the audio clip comprises a portion of the assessee response; and

identifying and evaluating the audio clip by processing audio and outputting as sheet music of what was actually submitted for comparison against sheet music of a requested or expected music, wherein the determining, the selecting of the question, the selecting of the format, the generating, the identifying and the evaluating, is implemented via a processing unit.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the question of the assessment comprises standardized content.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the question of the assessment is at least one of multiple choice, short answer, essay, or true/false.

4. The method of claim 1, comprising storing a portion of the assessment.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the assessment comprises an identifier.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the identifier is a quick response (QR) code or a bar code.

7. The method of claim 5, wherein the identifier is indicative of the question of the corresponding assessment.

8. The method of claim 1, comprising grading the assessee response according to an answer key.

9. The method of claim 1, comprising:

capturing an image of the assessee to confirm the identity of the assessee associated with the assessment.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the identifying and evaluating the audio clip comprises comparing to the key audio files and annotating anomalies.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein the identifying and evaluating the audio clip comprises a selected one of presenting and playing back the audio clip for the grader to evaluate.

12. A system for curriculum assessment, comprising:

a creation component configured to generate an assessment based on an assessment parameter, wherein the assessment parameter is an one or more identified weakness of an assessee;

a printing device configured to print the assessment on a sheet of paper, wherein the assessment comprises an answer section for a handwritten response to a short-answer question;

a scanning device that scans an assessee response associated with the assessment, wherein the scanning device determines an orientation of the assessee response based on a registration mark;

an audio recording device configured to record audio clip associated with the assessee response; and

an assessment component configured to grade a portion of the assessee response based on the scanned assessee response and the audio clip and configured to identify and evaluate the audio clip by processing audio and outputting as sheet music of what was actually submitted for comparison against sheet music of a requested or expected music; and

a reporting component configured to generate a report of the assessee response, wherein the creation component, the scanning device, the assessment component, or the reporting component is implemented via a processing unit.

13. The system of claim 12, comprising a network component configured to receive the assessee response for the assessment.

14. The system of claim 12, comprising a capture component configured to capture an assessment image of the assessee response or a file associated with the assessee response for the assessment.

15. The system of claim 12, comprising a content database configured to store the question for the assessment.

16. The system of claim 12, comprising a storage component configured to store the assessment image captured from the assessee response.

17. The system of claim 12, comprising an audio component configured to identify and evaluating the audio clip by comparing to the key audio files and annotating anomalies.

18. The system of claim 12, comprising an audio component configured to identify and evaluating the audio clip by a selected one of presenting and playing back the audio clip for the grader to evaluate.

19. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising computer-executable instructions, which when executed via a processing unit on a computer performs acts, comprising:

receiving an assessment parameters, the assessment parameter indicative of a textbook, a chapter, or a curriculum;

selecting a question based on an identification of a weakness of an assessee, wherein the selected questions comprises a short-answer question;

selecting a format for the question of an assessment to be generated;

generating the assessment based on the assessment parameter and the format and the selected question;

printing on a sheet of paper, the selected question in the selected format wherein the printed paper comprises a section for a handwritten response to the short-answer question;

scanning an assessee response associated with the assessee for the assessment, wherein the scanner recognizes an orientation of the assessment based on a registration mark;

recording, by an audio sensor, audio clip, wherein the audio clip comprises a portion of the assessee response; and

identifying and evaluating the audio clip by processing audio and outputting as sheet music of what was actually submitted for comparison against sheet music of a requested or expected music.

20. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 19, wherein the assessment comprises a plurality of registration marks.

21. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 19, wherein the assessment comprises an identifier.

22. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 21, wherein the identifiers is a quick response (QR) code or a bar code.

23. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 19, comprising:

capturing an image of the assessee to confirm the identity of the assessee associated with the assessment.