Patent ID: 8170466

Claim:
A computerized system for assessing electronically-provided constrained constructed responses, said system comprising: a computer with a memory storing constrained constructed response assessment program code executable by said computer to assess electronically-provided constrained constructed responses, said program code including a set of instructions defining a constrained constructed response analyzer, a constrained constructed response assessment engine, and a constrained constructed response action engine; wherein said constrained constructed response analyzer includes a first subset of instructions executable by said computer to receive electronically-provided constrained constructed responses and to retrieve absolute correctness and deviation assessment criteria against which the electronically-provided constrained constructed responses can be compared; wherein said constrained constructed response assessment engine includes a second subset of instructions executable by said computer to determine at least one evaluation indicator based upon a comparison by said assessment engine of the electronically-provided constrained constructed responses received by said analyzer and the absolute correctness and deviation assessment criteria retrieved by said analyzer; wherein said constrained constructed response action engine includes a third subset of instructions executable by said computer to produce an assessment system output based on at least one evaluation indicator determined by said assessment engine; and wherein said constrained constructed response action engine further includes a subset of instructions executable by said computer to compare evaluation indicators from said constrained constructed response assessment engine with a learning map and to determine from said comparison at least one of learning deficiencies and opportunities for further learning.