Patents by Inventor Russell Almond

Russell Almond has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Method and system for calibrating evidence models
    Publication number: 20060003303
    Abstract: A method and system for estimating uncalibrated task performance are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2005
    Publication date: January 5, 2006
    Inventors: Russell Almond, Sandip Sinharay, Linda Steinberg
  • Portal assessment design system for educational testing
    Publication number: 20050170325
    Abstract: A Portal Assessment Design System includes a system for designing assessment models and assessments (e.g., standardized tests). In assessment design, specifications are organized around three basic elements: 1) what knowledge, skill or abilities are important to measure; 2) what is necessary evidence of that knowledge, skill or ability; 3) what performance situations are needed to elicit the required evidence from students and other assessment users. The system includes three modules (i.e., Domain Analysis, Domain Modeling, Conceptual Assessment Framework), each of which targets a specific phase of the design process, for designing an assessment in accordance with the three basic elements. The sequence of modules represents the structure of a design process that helps assessment developers work through successive stages or phases of assessment design, from the gathering of raw information to the creation of a complete set of specifications for an assessment product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2004
    Publication date: August 4, 2005
    Inventors: Linda Steinberg, Robert Mislevy, Russell Almond
  • Partal assessment design system for educational testing
    Publication number: 20040076930
    Abstract: A Portal Assessment Design System includes a system for designing assessment models and assessments (e.g., standardized tests). In assessment design, specifications are organized around three basic elements: 1) what knowledge, skill or abilities are important to measure; 2) what is necessary evidence of that knowledge, skill or ability; 3) what performance situations are needed to elicit the required evidence from students and other assessment users. The system includes three modules (i.e., Domain Analysis, Domain Modeling, Conceptual Assessment Framework), each of which targets a specific phase of the design process, for designing an assessment in accordance with the three basic elements. The sequence of modules represents the structure of a design process that helps assessment developers work through successive stages or phases of assessment design, from the gathering of raw information to the creation of a complete set of specifications for an assessment product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2003
    Publication date: April 22, 2004
    Inventors: Linda S. Steinberg, Robert J. Mislevy, Russell Almond