Assessment instances in computerized assessments

A data processing device for administering an assessment, comprising:

• at least one storage device configured to store assessment information, the assessment information including changeable versions of a plurality of assessment questions stored in a data store;
• at least one interface configured to:
• receive a request for an assessment instance;
• transmit at least one assessment instance responsive to the request, the at least one assessment instance including a version of at least a portion of the changeable versions of the plurality of assessment questions from the data store, wherein an assessment instance identifier (ID) identifies both the assessment instance and each specific version of the changeable versions of the plurality of assessment questions included in the assessment instance;
• record the assessment instance ID that identifies both the assessment instance and the each specific version of the changeable versions of the plurality of assessment questions included in the assessment instance;
• send, via a network, the assessment instance associated with the assessment instance ID to an assessment taker;
• amend, in the data store, at least one assessment question of the plurality of assessment questions included in the assessment instance identified by the assessment instance ID, wherein the at least one assessment question is amended in the data store after recording the assessment instance ID that identifies both the assessment instance and the each specific version of the changeable versions of the plurality of assessment questions included in the assessment instance and after sending the assessment instance associated with the assessment instance ID to the assessment taker, wherein the at least one assessment question, as amended after sending the assessment instance to the assessment taker, is absent from the assessment instance while the at least one assessment question, as unamended, remains on the assessment instance;
• record assessment responses with the assessment instance ID to the plurality of assessment questions included in the assessment instance including the at least one assessment question amended in the data store after sending the assessment instance associated with the assessment instance ID to the assessment taker;
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• permit analysis of the at least one assessment question, as unamended and remaining on the assessment instance, associated with the assessment instance ID after amending in the data store the at least one assessment question.

A tangible computer readable medium having a plurality of instructions stored thereon which, when executed across one or more processors, causes at least a portion of the one or more processors to perform operations to administer an assessment, comprising:

• receiving an assessment request by a data processing device, the data processing device being associated with assessment information stored on a storage device, the assessment information including changeable versions of a plurality of assessment questions stored in a data store;
• creating an assessment instance including a version of at least a portion of the changeable versions of the plurality of assessment questions from the data store, wherein an assessment instance identifier (ID) identifies both the assessment instance and each specific version of the changeable versions of the plurality of assessment questions included in the assessment instance;
• recording the assessment instance ID that identifies both the assessment instance and the each specific version of the changeable versions of the plurality of assessment questions included in the assessment instance;
• sending, via a network, the assessment instance associated with the assessment instance ID to an assessment taker;
• amending, in the data store, at least one assessment question of the plurality of assessment questions included in the assessment instance identified by the assessment instance ID, wherein the at least one assessment question is amended in the data store after recording the assessment instance ID that identifies both the assessment instance and the each specific version of the changeable versions of the plurality of assessment questions included in the assessment instance and after sending the assessment instance associated with the assessment instance ID to the assessment taker, wherein the at least one assessment question, as amended after sending the assessment instance to the assessment taker, is absent from the assessment instance while the at least one assessment question, as unamended, remains on the assessment instance;
• recording assessment responses with the assessment instance ID to the plurality of assessment questions included in the assessment instance including the at least one assessment question amended in the data store after sending the assessment instance associated with the assessment instance ID to the assessment taker;
• and
• permitting analysis of the at least one assessment question, as unamended and remaining on the assessment instance, associated with the assessment instance ID after amending in the data store the at least one assessment question.