Patent ID: 6751351
Filing Date: 2004-06-15
Classification: G09B

Abstract:
In a computerized test processing workflow system configured for analyzing electronic images of test question responses provided by a test taker, the system comprising a server subsystem having at least one server computer and a client subsystem having one or more client computers used by human editors located at the client computers, each human editor having particular skills for examining particular test portion subject matter, a method for enhancing the speed and accuracy of data within the workflow system in order to effect productive use of geographically-distributed human editors having particular appropriate skills, the method comprising:a. selecting from each electronic image of test question responses at least one image clip; b. applying image recognition to generate data electronically from the at least one image clip; c. determining whether verification is needed of the data derived from the at least one image clip; d. matching image clip information to the particular skills of the human editors in order to select human editors having the particular appropriate skills; e. recompiling selected image clips into coherent image portions of the test question responses; and f. selectively presenting the coherent image portions to appropriate human editors located at the remote locations; whereby, through the transfer of the recompiled coherent image portions to appropriate human editors, widely-distributed human editors of greatly varying skills can be effectively used at the remote locations without the inefficiency of transferring relatively-large, unclipped electronic images of test question responses.