Patent ID: 7657220

Claim:
A method for grading of a test taker's responses to constructed response questions, comprising in combination: grading a proper subset of the test taker's responses to the constructed response questions, wherein the proper subset comprises previously ungraded responses; calculating a score for the proper subset of the responses; calculating a probability that the score is within a predetermined range of what the score would be if all the test taker's responses were graded; determining that the probability is greater than a threshold value; and discontinuing grading of the test taker's responses in response to the determination that the probability is greater than the threshold value, wherein at least one of the test taker's responses remains ungraded after grading is discontinued, wherein at least the steps of calculating a probability and determining that the probability is greater than a threshold are performed by a processor and an associated memory, and wherein the memory stores instructions for carrying out the steps of calculating a probability and determining that the probability is greater than a threshold.