Curriculum assessment

A system for curriculum assessment, comprising:

• a creation component configured to generate an assessment based on an assessment parameter, wherein the assessment parameter is an one or more identified weakness of an assessee;
• a printing device configured to print the assessment on a sheet of paper, wherein the assessment comprises an answer section for a handwritten response to a short-answer question;
• a scanning device that scans an assessee response associated with the assessment, wherein the scanning device determines an orientation of the assessee response based on a registration mark;
• an audio recording device configured to record audio clip associated with the assessee response;
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• an assessment component configured to grade a portion of the assessee response based on the scanned assessee response and the audio clip and configured to identify and evaluate the audio clip by processing audio and outputting as sheet music of what was actually submitted for comparison against sheet music of a requested or expected music;
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• a reporting component configured to generate a report of the assessee response, wherein the creation component, the scanning device, the assessment component, or the reporting component is implemented via a processing unit.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising computer-executable instructions, which when executed via a processing unit on a computer performs acts, comprising:

• receiving an assessment parameters, the assessment parameter indicative of a textbook, a chapter, or a curriculum;
• selecting a question based on an identification of a weakness of an assessee, wherein the selected questions comprises a short-answer question;
• selecting a format for the question of an assessment to be generated;
• generating the assessment based on the assessment parameter and the format and the selected question;
• printing on a sheet of paper, the selected question in the selected format wherein the printed paper comprises a section for a handwritten response to the short-answer question;
• scanning an assessee response associated with the assessee for the assessment, wherein the scanner recognizes an orientation of the assessment based on a registration mark;
• recording, by an audio sensor, audio clip, wherein the audio clip comprises a portion of the assessee response;
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• identifying and evaluating the audio clip by processing audio and outputting as sheet music of what was actually submitted for comparison against sheet music of a requested or expected music.