Method and system for capturing reading assessment data

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9478146-B2
Application number	US-201313783558-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 4, 2013
Priority date	Mar 4, 2013
Publication date	Oct 25, 2016
Grant date	Oct 25, 2016

Abstract

A method and system for assessing a student's reading ability is disclosed. An image-capturing device detects, from a worksheet comprising a position-identifying pattern, a first mark in a first region of the worksheet. The first mark is in a first indicator portion of the position-identifying pattern contained within a first indicator region that is associated with a first word. The image-capturing device detects a first note in a note region of the worksheet. Based on whether the first mark, the first note, or both indicates that the first word was read incorrectly or correctly, a processor determines a first reading assessment result for the first word and stores, in a memory, a digital document file comprising the first reading assessment result.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A student reading performance assessment system, comprising:
a worksheet having a position-identifying pattern configured to be read by an image-capturing device printed thereon, the worksheet comprising:
a plurality of indicator regions, each comprising at least one indicator portion of the position-identifying pattern;
a plurality of words each associated with at least one of the indicator regions; and
a note region, comprising a note portion of the position-identifying pattern; and

a digital pen capable of both writing on a substrate and capturing data corresponding to a user's handwriting, the digital pen comprising an image-capturing sensor, a processor, and a tangible, computer-readable memory with instructions that, when executed, cause the processor to:
associate a first mark and a first notation on a worksheet comprising a position-identifying pattern with a first word by:
detecting, by the image-capturing sensor, a first indicator portion of the position-identifying pattern corresponding to a first mark in a first one of the indicator regions that is associated with a first word,
after detecting the first indicator portion, detecting, by the image-capturing device, a first note portion of the position-identifying pattern corresponding to a first notation in the note region, and
after the first indicator portion of the position-identifying pattern is detected by the image-capturing sensor, associating all subsequently detected portions of the position-identifying pattern in the first indicator region and the note region of the worksheet and the corresponding marks and notations with the first word until another indicator portion of the position-identifying pattern that corresponds to another word is detected by the image-capturing sensor;

based on whether the first mark indicates that the first word was read incorrectly or correctly, determine a first reading assessment result for the first word, and
store, in a memory, a digital document file comprising the first reading assessment result, the marks and notations associated with the first word, and information identifying where on the worksheet the markings and notations associated with the first word are located.

2. The system according to claim 1 , wherein the instructions, when executed, cause the processor to:
associate a second mark and a second notation on the worksheet with a second word by:
detecting, by the image-capturing sensor, a second indicator portion of the position-identifying pattern corresponding to a second mark in a second one of the indicator regions that is associated with a second word; and
detecting, by the image-capturing sensor, a second note portion of the position-identifying pattern corresponding to a second notation in the note region,

based on whether the second mark indicates that the second word was read incorrectly or correctly, determine a second reading assessment result for the second word; and
include the second reading assessment result, the marks and notations associated with the second word, and information identifying where on the worksheet the markings and notations associated with the second word are located in the digital document file.

3. The system according to claim 2 , wherein the instructions, when executed, cause the processor to:
after the first indicator portion is detected by the image-capturing sensor, associate all subsequently detected portions of the position-identifying pattern and the corresponding marks with the first word until the second indicator portion is detected; and
after the second indicator portion is detected, associate all subsequently detected portions of the position-identifying pattern and the corresponding marks with the second word until another indicator portion is detected.

4. The system according to claim 2 , wherein the digital pen further comprises an audio-capturing sensor, and wherein the instructions, when executed, cause the processor to:
record, by the audio-capturing sensor, ambient sound in a digital audio file; and
store the digital audio file in the memory.

5. The system according to claim 4 , wherein the instructions, when executed, cause the processor to:
when the first indicator portion is initially detected, store a first time-stamp associating the first indicator portion with a first portion of the digital audio file that contains a recording of the first word; and
after completing the reading assessment:
on a condition that the first indicator portion is detected again by the image-capturing sensor, replay the first portion of the digital audio file that begins at the first time-stamp; and
associate all portions of the position-identifying pattern that are detected subsequent to the first indicator portion being detected again and corresponding marks with the first word until another indicator portion of the position-identifying pattern that corresponds with another word is detected.

6. The system according to claim 2 , wherein the instructions, when executed, cause the processor to:
on a condition the first indicator portion indicates an error for the first word, categorize the error for the first word based on the first mark and the first note portion; and
generate an assessment based on the categorized errors for the plurality of words for which a mark was detected in the note region.

7. The system according to claim 2 , wherein the instructions, when executed, cause the processor to:
on a condition that the first and second indicator portions are detected in a sequence that indicates that the first and second words were repeated, categorize the error for the second word as a re-read without reference to the first note portion; and
generate an assessment based on the categorized errors for the plurality of words for which a re-read was detected.

8. The system according to claim 2 , wherein the instructions, when executed, instruct the processor to use the first reading assessment result, the second reading assessment result, the first note and the second note to generate a reading assessment report.

9. A method for assessing a student's reading ability, the method comprising:
associating a first mark and a first notation on a worksheet comprising a position-identifying pattern with a first word by:
detecting, by a digital pen capable of both writing on a substrate and capturing data corresponding to a user's handwriting, a first mark in a first region of the worksheet, wherein the first mark is in a first indicator portion of the position-identifying pattern contained within a first indicator region that is associated with a first word, wherein the digital pen comprises an image-capturing sensor,
after detecting the first mark, detecting, by the image-capturing sensor, a first note portion of the position-identifying pattern corresponding to a first notation in a note region of the worksheet, and
associating all subsequently detected portions of the position-identifying pattern in the first region and the note region of the worksheet and the corresponding marks and notes with the first word until another indicator portion of the position-identifying pattern that corresponds with another word is detected;

based on whether the first mark, the first notation, or both indicates that the first word was read incorrectly or correctly, determining a first reading assessment result for the first word; and
storing, in a memory, a digital document file comprising the first reading assessment result, the marks and notations associated with the first word, and information identifying where on the worksheet the markings and notations associated with the first word are located.

10. The method acco

Assignees

• Xerox Corp

Inventors

• Skinner Gary W
• Lofthus Robert M
• Lysy Dusan G
• Furst Michael Robert

Classifications

• G09B7/063 Primary

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