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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 7152782 | System and method for managing electronic data transfer applications A system and method for managing one or more applications deployed on a mobile electronic device, such as a cellular phone, are disclosed. The system and method enable the user of a mobile electronic device to select one of a plurality of applications deployed on th... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7146795 | System and method for producing injection-quality steam for combustion turbine power augmentation The present invention is a combustion turbine assembly connected to a steam generator which utilizes deaerated potable water. The steam formed by the steam generator may be combined with air and injected into the combustor of the combustion turbine assembly to incre... | 12/12/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7123988 | System and apparatus for materials transport and storage A system for moving a pallet is provided. The system provides for a pair of pallets each having means for inducing movement in relation to an other pallet. Further, logic is provided for calculating a movement instruction to move the pallets relative to each other. ... | 10/17/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7088949 | 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... | 08/08/2006 |
| 6898411 | Method and system for online teaching using web pages A teaching and learning method and system (143, 145, 147, 148, 152) communicates exercises, including URL's of Web pages and questions related thereto. Each exercise is distributed by the teacher's computer (143), synchronously, or downloaded by a stud... | 05/24/2005 |
| 6816702 | 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”... | 11/09/2004 |
| 6796800 | 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... | 09/28/2004 |
