Real-time observation assessment with phoneme segment capturing and scoring

A method for performing a real-time observation assessment, the method comprising:

• displaying an assessment application that is configured to enable an assessor to administer a probe to a student and to capture responses of the student;
• providing a first area of a user interface that displays a character sequence that is divided into multiple segments, where at least two of the multiple segments of the character sequence are separately selectable by the assessor using an input device;
• providing a second area of the user interface that is divided into multiple segments that collectively correspond to an aggregation of the multiple segments of the character sequences, with individual constituent segments of the second area corresponding to segments of the character sequence in the first area,
• wherein each segment in the second area is separately selectable by the assessor using the input device to capture different combinations of student responses;
• and
• automatically calculating a score based on the selected segments according to scoring rules for the probe.

A machine-accessible medium that when accessed, results in a machine performing operations for enabling an assessor to perform a real-time observation assessment, the operations comprising:

• displaying an assessment application that is configured to enable an assessor to administer a probe to a student and to capture responses of the student;
• providing a first area of a user interface that displays a character sequence that is divided into multiple segments, where at least two of the multiple segments of the character sequence are separately selectable by the assessor using an input device;
• providing a second area of the user interface that is divided into multiple segments that collectively correspond to an aggregation of the multiple segments of the character sequences, with individual constituent segments of the second area corresponding to segments of the character sequence in the first area,
• wherein each segment in the second area is separately selectable by the assessor using the input device to capture different combinations of student responses;
• and
• automatically calculating a score based on the selected segments according to scoring rules for the probe.