Patent ID: 7249372

Claim:
A method for managing distribution of assessment documents over a wide area comprising: (a) providing an assessment instrument for completion by respondents; (b) assigning a password for an entity having a level of rights; (c) initializing permissions relative to the password based on the level of rights for the entity, said permissions including at least one respondent password having permissions based on the level of rights for a respondent; (d) allowing the entity access to a web site on a global computer network and enabling the initialized permissions for the entity; (e) providing an assessment instrument to the respondent which gauges an individual potential employee's suitability with regards to a particular job, an individual existing employee's suitability or performance with regards to a particular job, or an individual boss's performance with regards to a particular job; (f) receiving responses from the respondent to the assessment instrument; (g) processing the responses into an assessment report; (h) sending the assessment report to one or more locations authorized by the permissions.