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Assignee: Harcourt Assessment, Inc.


Location: San Antonio, TX
No. of patents: 13

NumberTitleIssue Date
7311524System and method assessing student achievement
A system and method for assessing and monitoring student academic achievement levels for purposes of identifying students at risk for not meeting minimum academic standards as measured using standardized tests, and for tracking or monitoring student academic perform...
12/25/2007
7303399Inhibitory control assessment and associated methods
An assessment of a subject's inhibitory control is provided that can be administered from an early age. Such skills can be used to predict early school adjustment and readiness. The test may also be used for nonreaders and students in special education, and in child...
12/04/2007
7247025Sequential reasoning testing system and method
A method for testing a working memory and fluid reasoning of a subject includes the step of sequentially presenting to a subject a first plurality of images, wherein each image is positioned in a different sector of a display device. The first plurality of images to...
07/24/2007
7229287Spatial memory assessment and associated methods
A neuropsychological assessment includes cards having a first indicium on a top face and an index indicium on a bottom face. A display includes an arrangement of images, each image corresponding to one of the first indicia, the image number fewer than or equal to th...
06/12/2007
7137821Test item development system and method
An assessment system includes interim tests administered at predetermined intervals. Each assessment is designed to test specific concepts, and includes multiple-choice test items, each having an item stem, a correct answer, and several distractors. Preferably at le...
11/21/2006
7020435Electronic test answer record image quality improvement system and method
A method for improving a scoring process includes displaying an original scanned image of a hard copy page of an answer to a scorer. If the scorer determines that the image is of insufficient quality to read, an electronic request for an improved image is received f...
03/28/2006
6970677Computerized system and method for teaching and assessing the holistic scoring of open-ended questions
A tutorial method for teaching the scoring of open-ended questions holistically includes displaying a student response to a scorer and permitting the scorer to access a rubric containing the rules for scoring that response. The scorer can choose a display form from ...
11/29/2005
6884078Test of parietal lobe function and associated methods
A test, system, and method for testing parietal lobe function in a subject, wherein the method includes displaying to a subject a first ordered array of objects having a variety of colors, which the subject is prompted to name. The named object colors are compared w...
04/26/2005
6768894Computerized system and method for teaching and assessing the holistic scoring of open-ended questions
A tutorial method for teaching the scoring of open-ended questions holistically includes displaying a student response to a scorer and permitting the scorer to access a rubric containing the rules for scoring that response. The scorer can choose a display form from ...
07/27/2004
6732076Speech analysis and therapy system and method
A system and method for analyzing a speech problem includes the steps of presenting to a student/user a symbol representative of a word and prompting the user to pronounce the word represented by the symbol into a microphone in signal communication with a processor....
05/04/2004
6725198Speech analysis system and method
A system and method for analyzing a speech problem includes the steps of presenting a symbol representative of a word and prompting the user to pronounce the word represented by the symbol into an audio input device such as a microphone in signal communication with ...
04/20/2004
6714911Speech transcription and analysis system and method
A transcription method uses a computerized process to prompt a student to produce at least one phoneme orally. Next a correct and at least one incorrect production of the phoneme are displayed. The therapist selects from among the displayed productions based upon th...
03/30/2004
6711544Speech therapy system and method
A method for providing speech therapy includes the steps of selecting a problem speech sound and searching a database that houses a plurality of records. Each record contains a picture and a word associated with the word. Next a set of records is automatically gener...
03/23/2004
 
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