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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 06, 2014
Filed:
Aug. 22, 2011
Applicants:
Sharath Srinivas, Webster, NY (US);
Eric Scott Hamby, Webster, NY (US);
Robert M. Lofthus, Webster, NY (US);
Inventors:
Sharath Srinivas, Webster, NY (US);
Eric Scott Hamby, Webster, NY (US);
Robert M. Lofthus, Webster, NY (US);
Assignee:
Xerox Corporation, Norwalk, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G09B 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A system and method for making use of formative assessment data collected is disclosed that identifies clusters of students and concurrently determines the characteristics of the student clusters. A decomposition of the data is performed with spectral theories of graphs and fuzzy logic algorithms to identify the clusters of students, clusters of assessment data and relationships between them. An actionable output is presented to teachers for the evaluation of educational progress.