Educational Testing Service

Frank J Romano

Roger C Kershaw

Leonard C Swanson

William C Ward, Jr

Mark Grant

Marisa D Farnum

Systems and methods for presentation to raters of constructed responses to test questions in electronic workfolders. The systems and methods provide for selection and designation of constructed responses into categories for use in quality control functions and training applications. A storage device is used to relationally store data regarding the raters, the constructed responses, and the scores awarded for use in selecting constructed responses for use in quality control and training. The system also comprises rater stations and processing systems for selectively transmitting constructed responses to the rater stations and receiving scores awarded by the raters assigned to the rater stations during both training and actual production scoring. The system further comprises rater stations and processing systems for displaying rater performance data, topic performance data, constructed response volume data, and candidate sample volume data.

Computerized system for scoring constructed responses and methods for

The present invention provides a system and method for computer based testing. The system of the present invention comprises a test development system for producing a computerized test, a test delivery system for delivering the computerized test to an examinee, and a workstation on which the computerized test is delivered to the examinee. The method of the present invention comprises producing a computerized test, delivering the computerized test to an examinee and recording examinee responses to questions presented to the examinee during the delivery of the computerized test. A method of producing a computerized test is also provided. This method comprises preparing a test document of items, computerizing each item, preparing scripts and other test components and packaging the items, scripts and other test components together to form the computerized test. A method of delivering a computerized test is also provided in which a standardized test is created, an electronic form of the test is then prepared, the items of the test are presented to an examinee on a workstations display and the examinee's responses are accepted and recorded. A method of administering a computerized test is further provided in which a computerized test is installed on a workstation and then the delivery of the test to an examinee is initiated. A data distribution system is further provided. The system comprises an examinee performance database and a file processing component for receiving files from the computer based testing system and updating the examinee performance database with information from these files.

System and methods for computer based testing

System and method for computer based testing

The invention provides a centralized administrative system and method of administering standardized tests to a plurality of examinees. The administrative system according to the present invention is implemented on a central administration workstation and at least one testing workstation located in different rooms at a test center. The administrative system software which provides substantially administrative functions is executed from the central administration workstation. The administrative system software which provides functions carried out in connection with a testing session are executed from the testing workstations.

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Yardville, NJ, United States of America

Frank J Romano