Computerized system and method for teaching and assessing the holistic scoring of open-ended questions

A method for teaching a scorer to holistically score an answer to an open-ended question, the method comprising the steps of:

• permitting a scorer to choose a display form from between an original handwritten form and a typed text form, wherein the typed text form represents an original handwritten form and retains all original errors;
• displaying a student response to an open-ended question to a scorer in the chosen display form;
• receiving a score entered by the scorer;
• and
• presenting a model score to the scorer to permit the scorer to assess a scoring efficacy based upon a comparison between the entered score and the model score.

A system for teaching a scorer to holistically score an answer to an open-ended question, the system comprising:

• a computer having resident therein a database of student responses to a plurality of open-ended questions, each student response present in an original handwritten image form and in a text form, the text form retaining all original errors from the handwritten image, the database further containing a scoring rubric for each question;
• means for displaying a student response to a question to a scorer;
• means for permitting the scorer to access the scoring rubric for the question;
• means for receiving a score for the student response from the scorer;
• and
• means for presenting on the display means a model score to the scorer to permit the scorer to assess a scoring efficacy based upon a comparison of the model score with the received score.

A tutorial program for teaching a scorer to holistically score an answer to an open-ended question, the tutorial program comprising:

• a first database containing a plurality of student responses to an open-ended question, each student response in an original handwritten image form and in a text form, the text form retaining all original errors from the handwritten image;
• a second database containing a model score for each student response;
• and
• a scoring practice module comprising:
• means for receiving a request from a scorer to view a student response;
• means for receiving a choice of display form from the scorer;
• means for retrieving the student response in the chosen display form from the first database and for generating a screen display thereof;
• means for receiving a score from the scorer;
• and
• means for retrieving from the second database and for generating a screen display of a model score for the displayed response.