Long-Term Plan

ECOACH - Reading Assessment

J. Ryan Dyer - Fall 2001

Table of Contents

Introduction

Dr. James Gregory and Dr. William Carter want to make the Reading Recall Time Efficiency Assessment Tool that they have developed available on the Internet. The mission of the tool is to allow people to self-assess their efficiency for learning through reading relative to other college students. Dr. Gregory and Dr. Carter's main goal is to make it easier for students to use the reading assessment tool. Their current system requires students to come to the Testing Center where the assessment is administered manually.

This project's objective is to design a web-based version of the reading assessment tool. The objectives for the assessment tool are to provide users a method to test for possible interference factors that reduce academic performance in college and to provide history or facts about Texas Tech University and other topics associated with the College of Engineering. The assessment will consist of any number of passages. The tool will time the user as he or she reads each passage and then ask the user a series of questions about each passage. The tool will calculate the time to read and reading recall for each passage and compare the results with those of other college students. The tool will then display the results for the student, using integrated information to make general recommendations and to provide tips to improve success in college. The passages, questions, and integrated information will all be stored in a database.

 

Client

Name Dr. Jim Gregory
Organization Texas Tech University
Department College of Engineering
Email Address james.gregory@coe.ttu.edu

 

Name Dr. Bill Carter
Organization Texas Tech University
Department Directory of the TEAM Center
Email Address william.carter@ttu.edu

Project Advisor

Name Dr. Susan Mengel
Organization Texas Tech University
Department Department of Computer Science
Email Address mengel@ttu.edu

Present Activities

Semester Task
Fall 2001 Create and Finalize Requirements Document
Fall 2001 Create Design Document
Fall 2001 Create Software Manual
Fall 2001 Create Software Code for Project

Future Activities

Semester Task
Spring 2002 Do Software Quality Analysis of the software
Spring 2002 Create User Manuals for project
Spring 2002 Finish Design Document
Spring 2002 Finish Software Code

Past Activities

This is the first semester for this project and there are thus no past activities.

Semester Task
NA NA

Resource Requirements

Semester Resource Name Location Why Needed
Fall 2001 Personnel Lubbock To work on requirement and design documents
Fall 2001 Personnel Lubbock To create software code for project
Fall 2001 Computer Texas Tech Campus To run web and ftp server for project
Fall 2001 Computer Texas Tech Campus To use as software development system for project
Fall 2001 SQL 2000 Development System Database server
Spring 2002 Computer Texas Tech Campus To run web and ftp server for project
Spring 2002 Computer Texas Tech Campus To use as software development system for project
Spring 2002 SQL 2000 Development System Database server
Spring 2002 Project Code Development System Test code and ensure quality

Long-Term Risks

Risk Probability of Becoming a Problem (Low, Medium, High) How to Avoid the Risk How the Risk Would Impact the Project
This semesters goals are not accomplished Low Ensure that the project does not run into problems that would interrupt project plan Delay  the Project
Lack of documentation Low Keep up to date with all documentation Delay next semesters ease in being able to start the project

Personnel History

No previous history of personnel.

Semester Name Role(s)
NA NA NA

Revision History

Date Name Revision
11/15/2001 J. Ryan Dyer Creation of Plan
11/26/2001 J. Ryan Dyer

  • Make minor adjustments to plan

  • Add current status of project to plan
12/02/2001 J. Ryan Dyer Finalize plan with current status of project