Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Methods for improving certainty of test-taker performance determinations for assessments with open-ended items
- Patent Title (中): 提高开放性项目评估测试者绩效确定性的方法
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Application No.: US11601768Application Date: 2006-11-20
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Publication No.: US07865131B2Publication Date: 2011-01-04
- Inventor: Richard J. Patz , David Deas Sinkler Poor
- Applicant: Richard J. Patz , David Deas Sinkler Poor
- Applicant Address: US NY New York
- Assignee: The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
- Current Assignee: The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US NY New York
- Agency: Rothwell, Figg, Ernst & Manbeck, PC
- Main IPC: G09B11/00
- IPC: G09B11/00
Abstract:
The current invention is designed to improve the certainty of test-taker classifications in testing programs utilizing open-ended items. The current invention discloses methods to improve certainty in estimates of test-taker performance for all test-takers while using a minimum of scoring resources. The invention selectively allocates resources to scoring by ceasing to allocate scoring resources to test-takers whose performance has been determined with sufficient certainty, and by having an additional reader or readers score responses from test-takers whose scores are close to cutoff levels. The invention further increases precision of scores for test-takers near a cutoff by selectively allocating more reliable and accurate readers to score responses most likely to influence a test-taker's performance classification. Other scoring resources are also shown.
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