System and method for computer based test assembly

US6000945A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Educational Testing Service · US

Inventors

• Teresa Sanchez-Lazer · Hopewell, US
• Richard Burns · Yardley, US
• Gary Driscoll · Pennington, US
• Linda Tyler · Ringoes, US
• Barbara Keener · New Hope, US
• David L. Kuntz · Richboro, US
• Kenneth Willian · Princeton, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Feb 9, 1998
• Grant date: Dec 14, 1999
• Expiry date: Feb 9, 2018

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10S706/927
• WIPO field: Control
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A computer-based test assembly system and method for generating an assembly of test items. The test assembly process includes creating tests in electronic form from already-existing test items and allowing access by a plurality of assembly personnel and reviewers via a network. Assemblers select test items on-line for inclusion in an assembly. Electronic selection is accomplished by means of an automated item selection algorithm or through a manual, but electronic series of queries. The test assembly process also includes an automated test layout feature which automatically assembles a test from the selected items. When a test is assembled, an assembler uses an automated documentation feature which generates a comprehensive documentation of the completed assembly.