Patents by Inventor Sean J. Whalen

Sean J. Whalen 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).

  • Methods and systems for presentation and evaluation of constructed responses assessed by human evaluators
    Patent number: 6526258
    Abstract: The present invention provides systems and methods for controlled presentation of constructed responses through a variety of computer applications to human evaluators for assessment. The systems and methods further provide for controlled presentation of the constructed responses to minimize the influences of psychometric factors on the accuracy of the human evaluators' assessments and to maximize the ability to efficiently generate data for use in analyzing the accuracy of the human evaluators' assessments and the difficulty of the constructed response categories or questions. The systems and methods of the present invention utilize a storage means which relationally stores data regarding the human evaluators, the constructed responses, the scores awarded and the computer applications to utilize.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2003
    Assignee: Educational Testing Service
    Inventors: Isaac I. Bejar, Sean J. Whalen
  • Methods and systems for presentation and evaluation of constructed responses assessed by human evaluators
    Publication number: 20020001795
    Abstract: The present invention provides systems and methods for controlled presentation of constructed responses through a variety of computer applications to human evaluators for assessment. The systems and methods further provide for controlled presentation of the constructed responses to minimize the influences of psychometric factors on the accuracy of the human evaluators' assessments and to maximize the ability to efficiently generate data for use in analyzing the accuracy of the human evaluators' assessments and the difficulty of the constructed response categories or questions. The systems and methods of the present invention utilize a storage means which relationally stores data regarding the human evaluators, the constructed responses, the scores awarded and the computer applications to utilize.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2001
    Publication date: January 3, 2002
    Applicant: Educational Testing Service
    Inventors: Isaac I. Bejar, Sean J. Whalen
  • Methods and systems for presentation and evaluation of constructed responses assessed by human evaluators
    Patent number: 6295439
    Abstract: The present invention provide systems and methods for controlled presentation of constructed responses through a variety of computer applications to human evaluators for assessment. The systems and methods further provide for controlled presentation of the constructed responses to minimize the influences of psychometric factors on the accuracy of the human evaluators' assessments and to maximize the ability to efficiently generate data for use in analyzing the accuracy of the human evaluators' assessments and the difficulty of the constructed response categories or questions. The systems and methods of the present invention utilize a storage means which relationally stores data regarding the human evaluators, the constructed responses, the scores awarded and the computer applications to utilize.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2001
    Assignee: Educational Testing Service
    Inventors: Isaac I. Bejar, Sean J. Whalen