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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8185378 | Method and system for determining text coherence A method and system for determining text coherence in an essay is disclosed. A method of evaluating the coherence of an essay includes receiving an essay having one or more discourse elements and text segments. The one or more discourse elements are annotated either... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8155578 | Method and system for generating and processing an assessment examination Methods and systems for generating and processing an assessment examination answer sheet are disclosed. An answer sheet is formatted by question, column or section using a layout tool and includes calibration marks, and examinee and examination identifiers. The form... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8147250 | Cooccurrence and constructions A method and system for performing automatic text analysis is described. A local ranking for one or more contexts with respect to a word and a global ranking for one or more contexts are generated. The rankings are based on the frequency with which the contexts appe... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8131554 | Method and system for text retrieval for computer-assisted item creation A tool, method, and system for use in the development of sentence-based test items are disclosed. The tool may include a user interface that may include a database selection field, a sentence pattern entry field, an option pane, and an output pane. The tool may sear... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8078452 | Lexical association metric for knowledge-free extraction of phrasal terms A method and system for determining a lexical association of phrasal terms are described. A corpus having a plurality of words is received, and a plurality of contexts including one or more context words proximate to a word in the corpus is determined. An occurrence... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8027806 | Method and system for computer-assisted test construction performing specification matching during test item selection A method and system for constructing a test using a computer system that performs specification matching during the test creation process is disclosed. A test developer determines one or more test item databases from which to select test items. The test item databas... | 09/27/2011 |
| 8005712 | System and method for large scale survey analysis Disclosed herein is a method of analyzing large scale survey results comprising obtaining a sparse data set representing a subset of an original data set comprising a plurality of individuals' responses to a plurality of questions, wherein the sparse data set compri... | 08/23/2011 |
| 7974570 | Latent property diagnosing procedure The present invention provides a method of doing cognitive diagnosis of mental skills, medical and psychiatric diagnosis of diseases and disorders, and in general the diagnosing of latent properties of a set of objects, usually people, for which multiple pieces of b... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7912892 | System and method for parallel conversion, compilation, and distribution of content Systems and methods for parallel conversion, compilation, and distribution of content are disclosed. An application interface may be provided that enables a user to request the conversion of content items into formats well suited for presentation. The request may in... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7912722 | Method and system for text retrieval for computer-assisted item creation A tool, method, and system for use in the development of sentence-based test items are disclosed. The tool may include a user interface that may include a database selection field, a sentence pattern entry field, an option pane, and an output pane. The tool may sear... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7845950 | System and method for computer based creation of tests formatted to facilitate computer based testing A computer-based test creation system and method for generating test items. The test creation process includes creating items in electronic form and allowing access by a plurality of reviewers via a network. The reviewers may review the item for content, fairness an... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7878810 | Cognitive / non-cognitive ability analysis engine A method for evaluating at least one cognitive and/or non-cognitive ability of a user is disclosed herein The method comprises receiving performance data from at least one associated activity, transmitting said performance data to an analysis engine, receiving, from... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7840404 | Method and system for using automatic generation of speech features to provide diagnostic feedback A method and system for providing immediate diagnostic feedback on speech samples of non-native speakers are disclosed. A scoring model is generated based on speech features extracted from one or more training speech samples. An evaluation speech sample is received ... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7831196 | Automatic essay scoring system A method of grading an essay using an automated essay scoring system is provided. The method comprises the steps of deriving a set of predetermined features from the essay, wherein the predetermined feature set comprises one or more features that are independent fro... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7828552 | Method and system for designing adaptive, diagnostic assessments A method and system for administering an assessment to a student are disclosed. The expected weight of evidence may be calculated for each of one or more tasks based on a student model pertaining to a student. A task may be selected based on the calculated expected ... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7796937 | Automated annotation To automatically annotate an essay, a sentence of the essay is identified and a feature associated with the sentence is determined. In addition, a probability of the sentence being a discourse element is determined by mapping the feature to a model. The model having... | 09/14/2010 |
| 7778834 | Method and system for assessing pronunciation difficulties of non-native speakers by entropy calculation The present disclosure presents a useful metric for assessing the relative difficulty which non-native speakers face in pronouncing a given utterance and a method and systems for using such a metric in the evaluation and assessment of the utterances of non-native sp... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7769339 | Automated essay scoring To automatically evaluate an essay, the essay is applied to a plurality of trait models and a plurality of trait scores are determined based on the plurality of trait models. Each of these trait scores having been generated from a respective trait model. In addition... | 08/03/2010 |
| 7762816 | Method and system for automated item development for language learners A method of developing a translation exercise is disclosed. A grammatical structure may be received. Each of one or more text segments in a first language may be translated into a corresponding text segment in a second language. Each text segment in the first langua... | 07/27/2010 |
| 7739103 | Lexical association metric for knowledge-free extraction of phrasal terms A method and system for determining a lexical association of phrasal terms are described. A corpus having a plurality of words is received, and a plurality of contexts including one or more context words proximate to a word in the corpus is determined. An occurrence... | 06/15/2010 |
| 7729655 | Methods for automated essay analysis An essay is analyzed automatically by accepting the essay and determining whether each of a predetermined set of features is present or absent in each sentence of the essay. For each sentence in the essay a probability that the sentence is a member of a certain disc... | 06/01/2010 |
| 7720675 | Method and system for determining text coherence A method and system for determining text coherence in an essay is disclosed. A method of evaluating the coherence of an essay includes receiving an essay having one or more discourse elements and text segments. The one or more discourse elements are annotated either... | 05/18/2010 |
| 7711312 | Method and system for detecting off-topic essays without topic-specific training Methods and systems for detecting off-topic essays are described that do not require training using human-scored essays. The methods can detect different types of off-topic essays, such as unexpected topic essays and bad faith essays. Unexpected topic essays are ess... | 05/04/2010 |
| 7628614 | Method for estimating examinee attribute parameters in cognitive diagnosis models A method of determining a mastery level for an examinee from an assessment is disclosed. The method includes receiving one or more of an overall skill level for an examinee, a weight for the overall skill level, a covariate vector for an examinee, and a weight for t... | 12/08/2009 |
| 7574047 | Method and system for performing image mark recognition A method and system for performing image mark recognition for a document is disclosed. A document is scanned into a digital image. Reference image marks are sensed from the digital image. The reference image marks may include trigger row marks and/or corner/crop mar... | 08/11/2009 |
| 7536273 | Method and system for computer-assisted test construction performing specification matching during test item selection A method and system for constructing a test using a computer system that performs specification matching during the test creation process is disclosed. A test developer determines one or more test item databases from which to select test items. The test item databas... | 05/19/2009 |
| 7519810 | Methods for conducting server-side encryption/decryption-on-demand A method and system for encryption and decryption of data files on a web-based computer system includes encrypting the data file in a memory subsystem, such as RAM, storing the encrypted data file in one or more of a plurality of memory locations, analyzing and modi... | 04/14/2009 |
| 7466958 | Equation editor An on-line teaching and learning system with rapid change-by-change or real time reinforcement signals for students and simultaneous monitoring by the teacher of the actual responses as well as their correctness is disclosed. The system may include at least one teac... | 12/16/2008 |
| 7457581 | Latent property diagnosing procedure The present invention provides a method of doing cognitive diagnosis of mental skills, medical and psychiatric diagnosis of diseases and disorders, and in general the diagnosing of latent properties of a set of objects, usually people, for which multiple pieces of b... | 11/25/2008 |
| 7440725 | Method of evaluation fit of raw data to model data Methods and systems for evaluating the fit of raw data to model data are disclosed. Relationships between an assessment item and a tested attribute, responses from examinees to an assessment item, mastery states for an examinee for a tested attribute, one or more pa... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7418458 | Method for estimating examinee attribute parameters in a cognitive diagnosis model A method and system for determining attribute score levels from an assessment are disclosed. An assessment includes items each testing for at least one attribute. A first distribution is generated having a response propensity represented by a highest level of execut... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7392187 | Method and system for the automatic generation of speech features for scoring high entropy speech A method and system for automatically generating a scoring model for scoring a speech sample are disclosed. One or more training speech samples are received in response to a prompt. One or more speech features are determined for each of the training speech samples. ... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7373102 | Cooccurrence and constructions A method and system for performing automatic text analysis is described. A local ranking for one or more contexts with respect to a word and a global ranking for one or more contexts are generated. The rankings are based on the frequency with which the contexts appe... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7298902 | Method and system for performing image mark recognition A method and system for performing image mark recognition for a document is disclosed. A document is scanned into a digital image. Reference image marks are sensed from the digital image. The reference image marks may include trigger row marks and/or corner/crop mar... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7217134 | Accessibility of testing within a validity framework Methods for designing an assessment and providing accessibility features for a test taker profile are disclosed. A test taker profile, including multiple knowledge, skill and other attribute(s) (KSAs), is defined in which each KSA has a specific level. Each KSA is d... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7165012 | Method and system for computer-assisted test construction performing specification matching during test item selection A method and system for constructing a test using a computer system that performs specification matching during the test creation process is disclosed. A test developer determines one or more test item databases from which to select test items. The test item databas... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7162198 | Consolidated Online Assessment System A Consolidated Online Assessment System (COLA System) that creates, manipulates, and distributes an objected-oriented paradigm that represents the scoring and related activities as a unified and integrated family of loosely coupled objects, most notably a “Case”... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7127208 | Automated annotation To automatically annotate an essay, a sentence of the essay is identified and a feature associated with the sentence is determined. In addition, a probability of the sentence being a discourse element is determined by mapping the feature to a model. The model having... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7095979 | Method of evaluation fit of raw data to model data Methods and systems for evaluating the fit of raw data to model data are disclosed. Relationships between an assessment item and a tested attribute, responses from examinees to an assessment item, mastery states for an examinee for a tested attribute, one or more pa... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7092987 | Remote computer capabilities querying and certification A remote client computer performance/compatibility querying and certification system allows a server to remotely gather performance/capability information from a client computer, such as its processor class or family, display resolution capability, installed softwar... | 08/15/2006 |
