Computer-based simulation examination of architectural practice

US6056556A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Educational Testing Service · US

Inventors

• Henry I. Braun · Lawrenceville, US
• Peter Brittingham · Titusville, US
• Isaac Bejar · Hillsborough Township, US
• Clark L Chalifour · Lawrenceville, US
• Richard N. Devore · Stockton, US
• Anne S. Hone · Pennington, US
• Dennis Quardt · Parsippany, US
• Robert L. Rarich · Titusville, US
• Keith S. Reid-Green · Pennington, US
• Harriet Priscilla Trenholm · Monmouth Junction, US
• Daniel Zuckerman · Princeton, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 5, 1997
• Grant date: May 2, 2000
• Expiry date: Mar 5, 2017

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G09B7/04
• WIPO field: Control
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

The present invention relates to computer-based technology in assessment particularly for the licensing and certification of professionals such as architects and engineers. For assessment of architects, the system includes tools and methods for item creation, computer programs for computerized item presentation, and programs for automatically scoring test responses by computer.