Patent ID: 6970677

Claim:
A system for use by a scorer to learn to holistically score an answer to an open-ended question comprising: a display device and a scorer input device; a database housing a plurality of model responses to an open-ended question, a model response for each score level, the database further housing a scoring rubric for the question; a processor in signal communication with the display device, the input device, and the database; software resident on the processor having code segments adapted to: display a scoring practice module to the scorer; receive an election from the scorer to engage in the scoring practice module; receive a choice from the scorer of a text presentation display mode selected from an original handwritten form and a typed text form retaining original errors; display to the scorer a model student response to an open-ended question; receive a choice from the scorer to access a scoring rubric for the question, and, if the choice is made, to display the scoring rubric to the scorer; and receive from the scorer via the input device a score.