Patent ID: 6299452
Filing Date: 2001-10-09
Classification: G09B

Abstract:
A system for testing one or more skills associated with the reading skills of an individual, comprising:a server computer comprising one or more tests for determining deficiencies in one or more reading and pre-reading skills, a scorer for determining a score for each test;one or more client computers that may establish a communications session with the server computer to download the one or more tests from the server computer, each client computer comprising means for displaying at least one of a graphical image and audio associated with each test located on the server, means for receiving a user response to one of the graphical images and audio presented by each test and means for communicating the responses for each test back to the server computer so that a skill level for each test and each reading or pre-reading skill being tested by the test is determined; andwherein the server computer further comprises a recommender for recommending, based on the scores of the one or more tests, one or more training modules for improving a reading or pre-reading skill of the individual as indicated by the score of the tests.