GENERATING A COMPREHENSION INDICATOR THAT INDICATES HOW WELL AN INDIVIDUAL UNDERSTOOD THE SUBJECT MATTER COVERED BY A TEST

摘要

A method and system are provided for generating a comprehension indicator that indicates how well an individual understood the subject matter covered by a test. In one implementation, a question-level comprehension indicator is generated for each of the questions on the test. The question-level comprehension indicators may be generated based upon one or more question-level factors, which may include behavioral aspects of the individual while taking the test. After the question-level comprehension indicators are generated, they may be used to generate a first test-level comprehension indicator. A second test-level comprehension indicator may also be generated. Unlike the first test-level comprehension indicator, the second test-level comprehension indicator is generated based upon test level rather than question level factors. After the first and second test-level comprehension indicators are generated, they may be used to derive an overall comprehension indicator for the individual for that test. The overall comprehension indicator may then be used in addition to or in lieu of a test score to determine how well the individual understood the subject matter covered by the test, as well as other purposes.

主权项

1. A method comprising:
accessing a set of test information pertaining to a test, wherein the test comprises a plurality of test questions and has been taken by at least a particular individual, and wherein the test information comprises responses provided by the particular individual to the test questions and behavioral information that indicates test taking behavior of the particular individual while taking the test; for each test question in at least a subset of the plurality of test questions, generating a question-level comprehension indicator for the test question that indicates how well the particular individual understood one or more concepts tested by the test question, wherein the question-level comprehension indicator for the test question is generated based, at least in part, upon the behavioral information, and wherein a question-level comprehension indicator is generated for each of the test questions in the at least a subset of test questions, thereby giving rise to a plurality of question-level comprehension indicators; and generating, based at least in part upon the plurality of question-level comprehension indicators, a first test-level comprehension indicator for the test, which indicates how well the particular individual understood subject matter covered by the test; wherein the method is performed by one or more computing devices or systems.