Patent ID: 7286793

Claim:
A method of evaluating the knowledge or skill level of at least one individual and improving the knowledge or skill level of said at least one individual, comprising: providing a first plurality of questions, at least a portion of said questions being encoded using a plurality of parameters, wherein said act of encoding comprises encoding at least a portion of said questions with (i) primary topic category; (ii) primary topic sub-category; (iii) secondary topic category; (iv) secondary topic sub-category; and (v) question type classification; administering said first plurality of questions to said at least one individual; receiving responses to at least a portion of the questions from said at least one individual; evaluating the performance of said at least one individual based at least in part on said responses to said at least portion of questions, and said plurality of parameters associated with respective ones of said at least portion of questions, said evaluating comprising identifying at least one question type or form that is problematic for said individual; and generating a training routine comprising a second plurality of questions, said second plurality of questions being selected based at least in part on said act of evaluating the performance of said at least one individual.