Border calculation device, calculation method, and program

Abstract

To make it easy to find out what level of internal assessment score and / or exam score is needed to pass the entrance exam for a desired school. [Solution] The total number of exam reports for each student, calculated by multiplying the number of successful applicants by the school's pass rate, is stored as the number of successful applicants in the report. Each time an exam report is entered from a student's terminal, an estimated total score for that school is calculated based on the student's estimated score on the day of the exam and estimated internal assessment score. When a school is specified from the student's terminal, a total score border value is determined based on the total score estimates associated with that school, ranked in descending order of the number of successful applicants in the report for that school, starting from the highest score in the group of total score estimates. Each student whose total score estimate matches this border value is designated as a border student, and the internal assessment score border value for that school is determined based on the distribution of the estimated internal assessment scores of each border student. The results are sent to the sending terminal via the network and displayed on that terminal.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The present invention relates to a border operation device that accurately calculates a border value (a border value of internal examination points or total points), which is a pass / fail line for entrance examinations, a border operation method, and a program for causing a computer to function as the border operation device.

Background Art

[0002] In entrance examinations (especially high school entrance examinations), it is often done to determine pass / fail by combining the on-the-day score and the internal examination score. The degree of weight of this internal examination score and the on-the-day score varies from school to school. Therefore, when selecting a desired school, for example, it is quite difficult to judge, such as what degree of internal examination score can pass School A, or what degree of on-the-day score can pass School B with one's own grades.

[0003] Japanese Patent No. 6940675 (Patent Document 1) describes a co-applicant school selection support device having a function of determining the possibility of passing based on the score history data of examinees and the deviation value data that can pass a school (desired school). Japanese Patent No. 6895164 (Patent Document 2) describes a career guidance support program having a function of having a range of deviation values that can pass for each school and displaying them so that they can be compared with the deviation value range of students.

Prior Art Documents

Patent Documents

[0004]

Patent Document 1

Patent Document 2

Summary of the Invention

Problems to be Solved by the Invention

[0005] The technologies described in Patent Documents 1 and 2 determine the likelihood of passing based on standard scores, and the standard scores used for this determination are based on the results of mock exams. Therefore, while it may be possible to make a rough estimate of the likelihood of passing or failing, it is difficult to make an accurate judgment considering the weighting of internal assessment scores and exam scores for each school, where the weighting of internal assessment scores and exam scores differs. In other words, it might be suitable as an aid for teachers who are experienced in career guidance, but it is unsuitable for individual students who want to know their current position accurately. The present invention aims to provide highly accurate answers regarding specific pass / fail probabilities, such as what level of internal assessment score is necessary to pass School A, or what score on the day of the exam is needed to pass School B based on one's own grades. Furthermore, the aim is to enable individual students to obtain the above answers by inputting their current situation via the web or other means. [Means for solving the problem]

[0006] The present invention can be described as follows [1] to

[10] . In this section ([Means for Solving the Problem]) and the next section ([Effects of the Invention]), the reference numerals are used for ease of understanding and are not intended to limit the present invention to the configuration of the reference numerals.

[0007] [1] Invention 1 A border calculation device for determining the pass / fail line for an entrance examination, A storage device 100 that stores the number of applicants, the number of available places to be admitted, and the pass rate (the ratio of the number of applicants to the number of available places to be admitted) for each school, Input device 201 and The reporting processing means 301 (S13) aggregates the examination reports of each student input from the input device 201 for each school in which they took the exam, multiplies the aggregated number of examination reports for each school by the pass rate of that school obtained from the storage device 100, and stores the number of passes within the reported number of examinations, which is the pass calculation number within the number of examination reports, in a predetermined storage device 101, associating it with each school. The student processing means 303 (S15) performs a process for each student to calculate the estimated total score of the student at the school where they took the exam, based on the estimated score on the day of the exam and the estimated score of the student's internal assessment, based on the student who has entered the exam report from the input device 201, and stores the calculated total score estimates in a predetermined storage device 102, associating them with the student and the school where the student took the exam. When a school is specified by input from the input device 201, the overall score calculation means 305 (S17) obtains each estimated overall score held by the student processing means 303 (S15) in association with the specified school, and also obtains the number of successful applicants in the report held by the report processing means 301 (S13) in association with the school, and determines the overall score border value for the school based on the overall score estimate that is ranked in descending order of the number of successful applicants in the report from the highest score among the obtained overall score estimates, The overall score border calculation means 305 determines the overall score border value, and the student processing means 303 (S15) acquires each student held by the student processing means 303 as a border student, and the internal assessment score border calculation means 306 (S17) determines the internal assessment score border value of the school based on the distribution of internal assessment score estimates associated with each border student, A border calculation device characterized by having the following features. [2] Invention 2 A storage device 100 that stores the number of applicants, the number of available places to be admitted, and the pass rate (the ratio of the number of applicants to the number of available places to be admitted) for each school, An input / output device 200 that takes in data input from network 500 and sends data with addresses to network 500, A reporting processing means 301 (S13) collects examination reports input from each student's terminal device 700 via the input / output device 200 for each school where the examination was taken, multiplies the collected number of examination reports for each school by the pass rate of that school obtained from the storage device 100, and stores the number of passes within the number of examination reports, which is the pass calculation number within the number of examination reports, in a predetermined storage device 101, associated with each school. A student processing means 303 (S15) performs the following process for each student who has entered an examination report: Based on the estimated score on the day of the examination and the estimated internal assessment score of the student who has entered an examination report from the student's terminal device 700 via the network 500 and the input / output device 200, it calculates the estimated total score of the student at the school to which the examination was taken, and stores the calculated estimated total score in a predetermined storage device 102, associating it with the student, their terminal device 700 (701 / / / 70n), and the school to which the examination was taken; When a school is specified in the examination report input from the student's terminal device 700 via the network 500 and the input / output device 200, the overall border calculation means 305 (S17) obtains each estimated total score held by the student processing means 303 in association with the specified school, and also obtains the number of successful applicants in the report held by the report processing means 301 in association with the school, and determines the overall score border value for the school based on the estimated total score that is ranked in descending order of the number of successful applicants in the report, starting from the highest score among the obtained estimated total score values, The overall score border calculation means 305 determines an overall score border value, and the student processing means 303 acquires each student held by the student processing means 303 as a border student, and the internal assessment score border calculation means 306 (S17) determines the internal assessment score border value of the school based on the distribution of internal assessment score estimates associated with each border student, Based on the examination report from the student's terminal device 700 in which the school is specified, the output data control means 308 (S31) sends the overall score border value determined by the overall score calculation means 305 and the internal score border value determined by the internal score border calculation means 306 as data addressed to the terminal device 700 (701 / 702 / / 70n) to the input / output device 200 and then sends it to the network 500. A border calculation device characterized by having the following features. In inventions 1 and 2, the border calculation device and each component of the border calculation device, such as the storage device 100, may be configured on-premise or in the cloud. In schools where selection is conducted separately for each department or section within the school, the terms "school" and "for each school" above refer to "school / department" or "for each school / department." The same applies hereafter. The pass rate is defined as the ratio of the number of successful candidates to the number of test takers, i.e., "number of successful candidates / number of test takers". The input / output device 200 is a device that takes data into a computer that implements functions such as the reporting processing means 301, the student processing means 303, the overall border calculation means 305, and the internal evaluation border calculation means 306. For example, it is a device that takes in data sent to the computer from a network 500 such as the internet, or a device that takes in data entered through operation input. It is also a device that sends data set by the output data control unit 308 to a network 500 such as the internet. The calculation "to determine the estimated total score based on the estimated score on the day of the exam and the estimated score from the internal assessment" may vary depending on the school you are applying to, such as whether to weight the score on the day of the exam or the score from the internal assessment, and the values ​​of the weights. "Determining the overall score border value for the school based on the overall score estimate that is ranked down by the number of successful applicants in the report" can also be interpreted as, for example, "Determining the overall score border value as the overall score estimate that is ranked down by the number of successful applicants in the report." Furthermore, if adopting the overall score estimate for that rank would cause accuracy problems, such as when the number of students associated with the overall score estimate that is ranked down by the number of successful applicants in the report is very small, it is permissible to adjust the value appropriately by adding "+1" or "-1" to the overall score estimate for that rank. "Determining the school's GPA border value based on the distribution of estimated GPA values ​​that can be associated with each border student" could mean, for example, "setting the GPA border value as the estimated GPA value that can be associated with the largest number of students." Alternatively, it could mean "setting the GPA border value as the estimated GPA value that can be associated with the largest number of students among the estimated GPA values ​​distributed within a certain range of the distribution, for example, within the range of "+4" to "-4" from the center of the above distribution of estimated GPA values." Here, "+4" to "-4" are values ​​when the maximum GPA score is set at 90 points. Furthermore, depending on the number of reported exam results, the methods used to determine the overall score border value for a school based on estimated overall scores, or the methods used to determine the internal assessment score border value for a school based on the distribution of estimated internal assessment scores, may be appropriately controlled.

[0008] [3] Invention 3 In Invention 2, The aforementioned internal assessment border calculation means 306 determines the internal assessment score estimate value that has the highest number of students at the border in the distribution of the estimated internal assessment scores as the internal assessment score border value. A border calculation device characterized by the following features. [4] Invention 4 In Invention 2, The aforementioned internal assessment border calculation means 306 calculates the arithmetic mean of the distribution of the estimated internal assessment scores obtained from the student processing means 303, and determines the internal assessment score estimate with the highest number of borderline students among the internal assessment score estimates within a predetermined score range above and below the arithmetic mean as the internal assessment score border value. A border calculation device characterized by the following features. Here, the "arithmetic mean of the distribution of estimated internal assessment scores" refers to the value obtained by multiplying each acquired estimated internal assessment score by the number of students who meet the corresponding borderline, and then dividing by the total number of students who meet the borderline. As an example of the specified score range mentioned above, if the maximum score for internal assessment is 90 points, then the range could be "+4" to "-4". [5] Invention 5 In Invention 2, The aforementioned storage device 100 maintains a threshold value for each school that specifies the minimum number of exam reports. The reporting processing means 301, when an examination report is entered, performs the multiplication on the condition that the aggregate value of the number of examination reports for the school specified by the examination report exceeds the threshold for that school, and stores it as the number of successful candidates in the report. A border calculation device characterized by the following features. The threshold value is set to ensure that the number of passes within the report is reasonable as the pass calculation number within the number of test reports. For example, it can be set as a ratio to the quota for passing (e.g., 40% or more) considering the passing rate of the school. Or, when the number of examinees in the school is large, it can also be set as a ratio to the number of examinees (e.g., 20% or more) considering the number of examinees. [6] Invention 6 In Invention 2, the memory device 100 further holds, for each school, a comprehensive score calculation method for obtaining the comprehensive score estimate based on the daily score estimate and the internal application score estimate, the student processing means 303 obtains the comprehensive score estimate according to the comprehensive score calculation method of the test school acquired from the memory device 100, A border calculation device characterized by the above. For example, the coefficients of the "Type 1 - 5" described later may be held for each school. [7] Invention 7 In Invention 2, the memory device 100 further holds the internal application score estimate for each student, the student processing means 303 acquires, together with the test report, the daily score estimate and the internal application score estimate of the student who input the test report from the input / output device 200, and acquires from the memory device 100 when the internal application score estimate of the student is not input from the input / output device 200, A border calculation device characterized by the above. [8] Invention 8 A program for causing a computer to function as any one of the border calculation devices of Invention 1 to Invention 7.

[0009] [9] Invention 9 A border calculation method for obtaining a border value that is the pass / fail line of a test, The examination reports of each student input from the input device 201 are aggregated for each school in which they took the exam, and the aggregated number of examination reports for each school is multiplied by the pass rate, which is the ratio of the number of successful applicants to the number of successful applicants at that school, to obtain the number of successful applicants within the number of examination reports, which is then associated with that school and stored in a predetermined storage device 101. Each time an examination report is input from the input device 201, an estimated total score for the student at the school related to the examination report is calculated based on the student's estimated score on the day of the examination and estimated internal assessment score, and this is stored in a predetermined storage device 102 in association with the student and the school. When a school is specified by the input device 201, the total score border value for that school is determined based on the total score estimate value that is ranked in descending order of the highest score among the total score estimate values ​​stored in association with that school, by the number of reported successful applicants stored in association with that school. Each student whose total score estimate matches the determined total score border value is designated as a border student, and the internal assessment score border value for that school is determined based on the distribution of the internal assessment score estimate values ​​of each border student. A border calculation method characterized by the following.

[10] Invention 10 The examination reports of each student, input from the network 500 via the input / output device 200, are aggregated for each school where the examination was taken. The aggregated number of examination reports for each school is multiplied by the pass rate, which is the ratio of the number of successful applicants to the number of successful applicants at that school. This is then stored in a designated storage device 101, associated with the school, as the pass calculation number for the number of examination reports. Each time an examination report is input from a student's terminal device 700 via the network 500 and the input / output device 200, the estimated total score of the student at the school related to the examination report is calculated based on the student's estimated score on the day of the examination and estimated internal assessment score, and this is stored in a predetermined storage device 102 in association with the student, the terminal device 700 that sent the examination report, and the school. When a school is specified in the examination report input from the student's terminal device 700 via the network 500 and the input / output device 200, the total score border value for that school is determined based on the total score estimate value that is ranked in descending order of the highest score among the total score estimate values ​​held in association with that school, by the number of successful applicants in the reports held in association with that school, and each student whose total score estimate value matches the determined total score border value is designated as a border student, and the internal assessment score border value for that school is determined based on the distribution of the internal assessment score estimate values ​​of each border student. The overall score border value and internal assessment score border value, determined by the school as specified in the exam report from the student's terminal device 700, are passed to the input / output device 200 as data addressed to the terminal device 700 and sent to the network. A border calculation method characterized by the following. [Effects of the Invention]

[0010] Invention 1 is a border calculation device for determining the border value, which is the pass / fail line for an examination, comprising: a storage device 100 that stores the number of examinees, the number of places that can be passed, and the pass rate, which is the ratio of the number of examinees to the number of places that can be passed, for each school; an input device 201; a reporting processing means 301 that aggregates the examination reports of each student input from the input device 201 for each school in which the examination was taken, multiplies the aggregated number of examination reports for each school by the pass rate of that school obtained from the storage device 100, and stores the number of passes within the number of examination reports, which is the number of passes calculated within the number of examination reports, in a predetermined storage device 101, associated with each school; a student processing means 303 that performs a process for each student to calculate the estimated total score of the student at the school in which the examination was taken, based on the estimated score of the student on the day of the examination and the estimated score of the student's internal assessment, and stores the calculated total score estimates in a predetermined storage device 102, associated with the student and the school in which the examination was taken; and when a school is specified by input from the input device 201, the student processing means 303 that processes the student in association with the specified school. The border calculation device is characterized by having: a total score calculation means 305 that acquires each total score estimate held by the processing means 303, acquires the number of successful applicants in the report held by the reporting processing means 301 in association with the school, and determines the total score border value of the school based on the total score estimate that is ranked in descending order of the number of successful applicants in the report from the highest score among the acquired total score estimates; and an internal assessment border calculation means 306 that acquires each student held by the student processing means 303 in association with the total score estimate that matches the total score border value determined by the total score calculation means 305 as a border student, and determines the internal assessment border value of the school based on the distribution of internal assessment score estimates associated with each border student. For example, before the exam, it can provide an accurate answer regarding the probability of passing or failing, such as what level of internal assessment score is needed to pass School A, or what score is needed on the day of the exam to pass School B based on one's own grades. Invention 2 includes a storage device 100 that stores the number of examinees, the number of places that can be passed, and the pass rate, which is the ratio of the number of examinees to the number of places that can be passed, for each school; an input / output device 200 that takes in data input from a network 500 and sends data with addresses to the network 500; and aggregates the examination reports input from each student's terminal device 700 via the input / output device 200 for each school in which the examination was taken, and multiplies the aggregated number of examination reports for each school by the pass rate of that school obtained from the storage device 100 to obtain the number of passes within the number of examination reports. The system includes a reporting processing means 301 that stores reports in a predetermined storage device 101, each associated with a school, and a student processing means 303 that calculates the estimated total score of a student at the school they took the exam based on the estimated score of the student on the day of the exam and the estimated score of the student's internal assessment, and stores the calculated total score estimate in a predetermined storage device 102, associated with the student, their terminal device 700, and the school they took the exam, for each student who has entered an exam report, and the student's terminal device 70 When a school is specified in the examination report input from 0 via the network 500 and the input / output device 200, the overall border calculation means 305 obtains each estimated total score held by the student processing means 303 in association with the specified school, and also obtains the number of successful applicants in the report held by the report processing means 301 in association with the school, and determines the overall score border value of the school based on the estimated total score that is ranked in descending order of the number of successful applicants in the report, starting from the highest score among the obtained estimated total score values, and the overall The Border Calculation Means 305 acquires each student held by the Student Processing Means 303 as a border student, associating them with the estimated total score that matches the total score border value determined by the Border Calculation Means 305, and the Internal Assessment Border Calculation Means 306 determines the internal assessment border value of the school based on the distribution of the estimated internal assessment scores associated with each border student, and the Border Calculation Means 306 determines the Border Calculation Means of the School when the school is specified in the examination report from the student's terminal device 700,This border calculation device is characterized by having an output data control means 308 that passes data to the input / output device 200 as data addressed to the terminal device 700 and sends it to the network 500. Therefore, by having students input their exam report (schools taken, estimated score on the day, etc.) from the terminal device, they can obtain an accurate answer regarding their current position (difference from the pass / fail line) at the schools they have taken exams for. Furthermore, before the exam, they can obtain an accurate answer regarding specific pass / fail probabilities, such as what level of internal assessment score is needed to pass school A, or what score on the day of the exam is needed to pass school B based on their own grades. According to Invention 3, a specific configuration example can be provided in Invention 2 that allows for the accurate determination of the internal assessment score border value. According to Invention 4, in Invention 2, a specific configuration example can be provided that allows for more accurate determination of the internal assessment score border value. According to Invention 5, Invention 2 provides a specific configuration example that can accurately determine the internal assessment score border value from a different perspective than Invention 3. According to Invention 6, in Invention 2, the estimated total score can be calculated using a method suitable for the school the student took the entrance exam for, making it possible to accurately determine the border value for the total score and the border value for the internal assessment score. According to Invention 7, Invention 2 provides an example configuration that allows for a more appropriate source of information for obtaining estimated internal assessment scores. According to Invention 8, the programs of Inventions 1 to 7 can be provided. According to Invention 9, for example, before taking an exam, it is possible to provide highly accurate answers regarding specific pass / fail probabilities, such as what level of internal assessment score is necessary to pass School A, or what score on the day of the exam is necessary to pass School B based on one's own grades. According to Invention 10, by having students input their exam report (schools they applied to, estimated scores on the day of the exam, etc.) from a terminal device, they can obtain an accurate answer about their current position at the schools they applied to (difference from the pass / fail line). Furthermore, before the exam, they can obtain an accurate answer about their specific chances of passing, such as what level of internal assessment score is needed to pass School A, or what score they need on the day of the exam to pass School B based on their own grades. [Brief explanation of the drawing]

[0011] [Figure 1] This diagram illustrates the relationship between the border calculation device and the internet in the embodiment. The area within the dashed-dotted line frame on the right side of the diagram represents the border calculation device. [Figure 2] Diagram illustrating the storage units B101 and C102 of the storage device 100. (a) shows an example of data items in storage unit C102, and (b) shows an example of data items in storage unit B101. [Figure 3] A flowchart showing an overview of the process executed by the border calculation unit of the embodiment when data input is detected. [Figure 4] This diagram illustrates the details of each process in steps S13 to S17 of Figure 3, along with the transmission and reception of data with the storage device 100. [Figure 5] (a) is a graph showing the number of students who applied to a particular school, with the estimated total score on the horizontal axis and the number of students on the vertical axis. The total number of students in the shaded area of ​​the graph represents the number of students who passed the exam. (b) is a graph showing the number of students who have the same estimated total score as the total score border value for a particular school, with the estimated internal assessment score on the horizontal axis and the number of students on the vertical axis. The internal assessment score border value is determined based on the distribution of the shaded area of ​​the graph. [Figure 6] (a) and (b) are explanatory diagrams similar to Figures 5(a) and 5(b), respectively, showing a different school among those reported as having taken the exam. [Figure 7] The following are examples of screen displays on the student's terminal device: (a) is an example of a screen that simply allows the student to select whether it is before or after the exam; (b) is an example of a screen that allows the student to substantially select whether it is before or after the exam; (c) is an example of a screen that allows the student to input the necessary information if it is after the exam; (d) is an example of a screen that allows the student to input test results as necessary information to display an appropriate high school if it is before the exam and the student has not yet decided on a school; (e) is an example of a screen that allows the student to input an estimated score as necessary information to display an appropriate high school if it is before the exam and the student has not yet decided on a school; and (f) is an example of a screen that displays an appropriate high school for the student based on the information entered from screens (d) and (f). [Figure 8]An example of an input screen on a student's terminal device. This is an example of a screen that allows students to input information necessary for selecting an appropriate school when their preferred school is undecided. The border calculation unit processes this information and returns the selection result to the input terminal device. [Modes for carrying out the invention]

[0012] Embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. Figure 1 shows the relationship between the border calculation device and the student terminal device in the embodiment, connected via the Internet. The border calculation device is located within the dashed-dotted line frame on the right side of the figure. As shown in the figure, the border calculation device shown within the dashed-dotted frame includes an input / output device 200 that sends and receives data to and from the Internet 500, a control device 300 that controls the border calculation device and executes processes to realize each of the functions of the present invention, and a storage device 100 that holds and appropriately sends and receives data necessary for various processes in the control device 300 (including processes for functioning as a border calculation device). In the illustrated example, the border calculation device is configured on-premises, but it may be configured in the cloud or in a hybrid configuration. In addition, a display, keyboard, etc. may be connected to the border calculation device. The Internet 500 also connects to student terminal devices 700 (701, 702, ... 70m) as needed, which send and receive data with the border computing device.

[0013] Figure 3 is a flowchart illustrating the process executed by the border calculation unit when data input from an external source (student terminal device 700) is detected. If data input is detected (S01; YES), it is checked whether the input was made before or after the exam (S03). If it was made after the exam (S03; YES), the process proceeds from steps S11 to S17 to step S31. If it was made before the exam (S03; NO), the process proceeds from steps S21 to S23 to step S31. Steps S11 to S17 involve processing the student's exam report and calculating and updating the overall score border value, internal assessment score border value, and exam day score border value for the school in question. The processes of returning the updated border values ​​to the sending terminal device, calculating the reporter's chances of passing based on the updated border values ​​and returning that to the sending terminal device, and displaying the returned information on the sending terminal device's screen can be performed using the same processes as before, so their explanation is omitted. Steps S21 to S23 involve setting various data in order to execute various processes in response to instructions input from the student's terminal device and return and display the calculation results to the terminal device. Here, the basic data used for executing the above various processes includes the overall score border value, internal assessment score border value, day score border value, and other data that are calculated with high precision in steps S11 to S17 and stored in the memory device 100 each time a report is received from the examinee. Processes such as selecting a desired school using the high-precision calculated and stored border values, and calculating the probability of acceptance to a high school instructed by the student, can be executed using the same processes as before, so an explanation is omitted.

[0014] The data used to determine whether the student is in the pre-exam or post-exam state in step S03 is entered from the screen of the student terminal device 700. This input screen may be one that allows the student to directly select whether the student is in the pre-exam or post-exam state, as shown in Figure 7(a), or it may be one that allows the student to enter data that uniquely indicates whether the student is in the pre-exam or post-exam state, as shown in Figure 7(b). For example, "Desired School 1" and "Desired School Undecided" in Figure 7(b) are processed as data that uniquely indicates the state of "Pre-exam". Also, "Exam School" is processed as data that uniquely indicates the state of "Post-exam".

[0015] Steps S11 to S17 will be explained with reference to Figures 3, 4, and 2. In step S11, various data constituting the examination report entered on the student terminal device 700 that sent the data are taken in, along with data identifying the student terminal device 700 (701,,,70m). Examples of the various data constituting the examination report include the school (and subject) the examination was taken, the estimated score on the day of the exam, and data identifying the student. In step S11, the estimated internal assessment score is also incorporated as needed. That is, if the estimated internal assessment score associated with the student (reporter) is not stored in memory unit C (see Figure 2(a)), a screen requesting the estimated internal assessment score will be displayed on the screen of the sending terminal device. Once entered, it will be stored in memory unit C associated with the student. The estimated internal assessment score is, for example, a score based on the grades from the first and second semesters of the third year of junior high school. In this embodiment, twice the sum of the scores from the nine subjects on a five-point scale is used, so the maximum score is 90 points. The estimated score for the day of the exam is the student's self-scoring score based on the correct answer key published in the newspaper the day after the exam. Data used to identify the student includes, for example, name, address, and the name of the junior high school they attend. If the name of the junior high school or address has already been associated with the name, the associated data will be displayed in the corresponding input field, allowing for appropriate modification.

[0016] In step S13, the number of applicants who have taken the exam for the relevant high school and subject is tallied. The number of applicants who have taken the exam for that high school (and subject) is then updated in memory unit B (see Figure 2(b)) with the value after the tally. Furthermore, using the updated number of exam reports and the pass rate of the high school in question, the number of successful candidates among those reported was calculated. "Number of exam reports × pass rate" Then, the calculation is performed and the number of successful applicants reported for that high school in memory unit B is updated. The number of successful applicants reported is the number of people who are estimated to have passed among those who reported taking the exam at that time (estimated number of successful applicants). The pass rate used is calculated as "number of available places to be accepted / number of applicants" for the high school (and department) in question. These figures are publicly available.

[0017] In step S15, the estimated total score of the reporter is calculated and stored in memory unit C (see Figure 2(a)) in association with the high school (and subject) the student took the exam for. The estimated total score is the student's (reporter's) total score, calculated based on the estimated internal assessment score and the estimated test score, and according to the high school's total score calculation method (total score calculation type). The student's chances of passing are calculated based on this estimated total score and the high school's (and department's) total score border value. In this embodiment, one of the following five types is used as the overall score calculation method (overall score calculation type) for high school. Memory unit B stores one of the calculation methods from type 1 to type 5, corresponding to the high school (and department). Furthermore, the estimated internal assessment score is calculated using twice the sum of the average scores for each subject in the third year of junior high school (1st and 2nd semesters) on a 5-point scale. A perfect score would be 90 points. Furthermore, the estimated score for the day will be the total score of the five subjects based on self-scoring, referencing newspaper announcements and other sources. Each subject is worth a maximum of 20 points, for a total of 100 points across all five subjects. Note: Type 1 (Standard Type): Estimated internal assessment score + Estimated score on the day of the exam Type 2 (Emphasis on internal assessment): 1.5 × Estimated internal assessment score + Estimated score on the day of the exam Type 3 (Emphasis on the day of the exam): Estimated internal assessment score + 1.5 × Estimated score on the day of the exam Type 4 (Highly Emphasized Internal Assessment): 2 × Estimated Internal Assessment Score + Estimated Test Score Type 5 (Highly Emphasis on the Day of the Exam): Estimated internal assessment score + 2 × Estimated score on the day of the exam First, the estimated score for the day and the estimated internal assessment score of the reporter (student) are obtained from memory unit C. These values ​​are then substituted into the overall score calculation method (one of the overall score calculation types 1 to 5 above) of the high school (and department) to which the examination report pertains, and the estimated overall score of the reporter (student) at the high school (and department) to which the examination was taken is calculated. This calculated value is stored in memory unit C, associated with the student and the high school (and department) in question. Furthermore, since some students who have already reported their exam scores may resubmit their exam reports for the same high school and department due to noticing errors in their estimated scores for the day, the student information history will be checked, and, if necessary, measures will be taken to prevent miscalculations in the total number of exam reports for the high school and department in question.

[0018] In step 17, the overall score border value, the internal assessment score border value, and the test score border value for the high school (and department) related to the examination report are calculated, and the memory unit B101 is updated with the calculated values. Here, the calculation of the number of successful applicants in the report, and the calculation of the overall score border value based on the number of successful applicants in the report, may be configured to be performed only when the number of reports for the high school (and department) related to the examination report reaches a predetermined value (a certain threshold) in order to ensure accuracy. *Overall score border value: First, all estimated total scores held in memory unit C102 and associated with the high school (and department) being tested at that time are retrieved. For example, if the high school (and department) being tested is "A" as shown in Figure 2(a), the estimated total score of student a, "224," is retrieved. Similarly, the estimated total score of student c, "202," is retrieved. In the same manner, the estimated total scores of all students who have reported "high school (and department) A" up to that point are retrieved. The information of the total score estimates thus obtained can be illustrated as shown in Figure 5(a) by plotting the total score estimates on the horizontal axis and the number of people for each total score estimate on the vertical axis. Furthermore, the number of successful applicants in the report (134 in the case of "A" above; see Figure 2(b)) that is stored in memory unit B101 and associated with the school (and department) being examined at that time is retrieved. As mentioned above (step S13), this number of successful applicants in the report is the latest value at that time. Next, the estimated total score at the position obtained by descending the number of successful candidates in the report from the highest estimated total score is determined as the total score border value for "A" at that time, and the corresponding data in memory unit B101 is updated. (Note that the column in Figure 2(b) is shown as blank for now, but an appropriate value will be entered there.) In Figure 5(a), the sum of the bar graph portions indicated by the shaded lines (total number of people) corresponds to the number of people who passed the report. Furthermore, the estimated total score at the leftmost position within the shaded graph portion is the "estimated total score at a position one level lower than the number of people who passed the report," and is considered the "total score border value" for "A." In the example shown in Figure 5(a), the number of people who meet the overall score border value is n. These n people are considered borderline students. In other words, each student whose estimated overall score matches the above overall score border value is considered a borderline student.

[0019] *Internal assessment score border value: First, the estimated internal assessment scores of the n borderline students are obtained from memory unit C102. In other words, the estimated internal assessment scores of each of the n students whose total score estimate matches the total score borderline value are obtained. When these are graphed with the estimated internal assessment scores on the horizontal axis and the number of students with each estimated internal assessment score on the vertical axis, the result can be illustrated as shown in Figure 5(b). In this embodiment, the arithmetic mean of the estimated internal assessment scores of the n individuals is calculated, and the internal assessment score estimate with the highest number of students within the range of "±4 points" is determined as the internal assessment score border value for that time and that high school (department). This determined internal assessment score border value is updated as the internal assessment score border value "A" in memory unit B101. (Note that the corresponding column in Figure 2(b) is shown as blank for now, but an appropriate numerical value should be entered there.) In the example shown in Figure 5(a) above, "the estimated total score at the position obtained by descending the number of students who passed the report in descending order of the highest estimated total score is determined as the total score border value." However, if the number of students with an estimated total score at that position is small, for example, as shown in Figure 6(a), even if one tries to determine the internal assessment score border value by expanding the estimated internal assessment score as shown in Figure 5(b), the number of border students may be too small to obtain sufficient accuracy. In such cases, for example, the position of "+1 point" (the position of k people) may be determined as the overall score border value, as shown in Figure 6(a). In other words, it may be adjusted as appropriate to enable more accurate judgments (such as the determination of the likelihood of passing). Figure 6(b) illustrates a case where the arithmetic mean of the estimated internal assessment scores for borderline students (k people) differs from the estimated internal assessment score with the highest number of students within the "±4 point" range. In such cases, adjustments may be made as appropriate to obtain a more accurate final judgment.

[0020] *Daily score border value: Once the overall score border value and the internal assessment score border value are determined, the score border value for the day of the exam can be determined from them. For example, the total score calculation type for "High School (and Subject) A" is "Type 1 (Standard Type): Estimated total score = Estimated internal assessment score + Estimated score on the day of the exam" If so, "Score border value on the day = Total score border value - Internal assessment score border value" This can be calculated as follows. The daily score border value obtained in this way is updated as the daily score border value for "A" in memory unit B101. (Note that the corresponding column in Figure 2(b) is shown as blank for now, but an appropriate value should be entered there.) Furthermore, it is also possible to configure the system to determine the border value for the day's score using the same method as for the border value for the internal assessment score. That is, in the aforementioned Invention 1 and Invention 2, instead of the "internal assessment score border calculation means," or together with the "internal assessment score border calculation means," "The overall score border calculation means S17 acquires each student held by the student processing means 303 as a border student, corresponding to the overall score estimated value that matches the overall score border value determined by the overall score calculation means 305, and determines the school's daily score border value based on the distribution of the daily score estimated values ​​associated with each border student." It may be configured to include this feature. The same applies to Invention 9 and Invention 10.

[0021] Next, steps S21 to S23 will be explained. In step S21, the request entered on the student terminal device 700 (701,,,70m) at the sending end is received. For example, the request might be: I. I want to attend a general high school, but I would like to know which high schools I can get into with my current grades. I would like to attend the general course at P High School, but I would like to know my chances of getting in based on my current grades. These include: In this border calculation device, in response to a request from a student's terminal device, it first returns an input screen to the student's terminal device to obtain the information necessary for the calculation process required to fulfill that request. For example, in the case of request "I," it is necessary to detect high schools whose overall score border value and internal assessment score border value are close to the student's current academic performance. Therefore, a screen for inputting "test results" as shown in Figure 7(d) and a screen for inputting "internal assessment scores" as shown in Figure 7(e) are returned to the student's terminal device. The same applies to request "B.", as it is necessary to compare the student's current grades with the aforementioned overall score border value and internal assessment score border value for the general course at P High School. Therefore, a screen for inputting "test results" as shown in Figure 7(d) and a screen for inputting "internal assessment scores" as shown in Figure 7(e) are returned to the student's terminal device. When the required information is entered from the student's terminal device, the necessary calculations to fulfill the request are executed, and the calculation results are returned to the student's terminal device. On the student's terminal device, a screen like the one shown in Figure 7(f) is displayed.

[0022] Figure 8 shows an example of an input screen used for determining your preferred school. In Figure 8, first, the student's grades used for evaluation are as follows: *Regular tests *Regular tests and academic record *Internal assessment score To allow them to choose. Next, the applicant is asked to enter their place of residence and the junior high school they attend. This is to identify the school district they are eligible to take the entrance exam for, and to use this information, if possible, to adjust the lookup table described later. Furthermore, the system prompts users to enter their internal assessment scores as needed, and similarly, to enter their regular test scores as needed. It also prompts them to enter their standard deviation scores if available.

[0023] The same applies to the internal assessment scores as described above. Specifically, the total score on a 5-point scale for the nine subjects during the first semester of the third year of junior high school (preferably the average of the first and second semesters) is entered, and double the value is used for processing, as described above. The maximum score is 90 points. In the case of regular tests, the entered test scores are converted into internal assessment scores for calculation purposes by referring to a predetermined lookup table. For large schools with sufficient historical entrance exam data, the lookup table can be used for the specific junior high school. However, since it is difficult to prepare a lookup table for each junior high school, this border calculation device prepares tables for multiple junior high schools with similar entrance exam scores and uses the lookup table corresponding to the junior high school the student attends to perform the calculation.

[0024] Once the internal assessment score is determined, high schools with scores close to the borderline (e.g., ±3 points) are detected from the school district the student can apply to, and displayed on the student's terminal device screen. That is, the necessary data is passed to the output control unit 308, which sends it to the student's terminal device via the internet (S31). As a result, the desired data will be displayed on the student's terminal device. [Explanation of symbols]

[0025] 100 storage device 101 Storage device (storage unit B) 102 Storage device (storage unit C) 105 Storage device (storage unit A) 200 Input / Output Devices 201 Input section 202 Output section 300 Control device 301 Reporting Processing Section 303 Student Affairs Department 305 Integrated Border Calculation Unit 306 Internal Assessment Borderline Calculation Unit 308 Output Data Control Unit 500 Internet 700 Student terminal devices 701~70n Student terminal devices (when distinguished)

Claims

1. A border calculation device for determining the border value, which is the pass / fail line for an entrance examination, A memory device that stores the number of applicants, the number of available places to be admitted, and the pass rate (the ratio of the number of applicants to the number of available places to be admitted) for each school, Input device and A reporting processing means that aggregates the examination reports of each student input from the input device for each school in which they took the exam, multiplies the aggregated number of examination reports for each school by the pass rate of that school obtained from the storage device, and stores the number of successful candidates within the number of examination reports, which is the number of successful candidates within the number of examination reports, in a predetermined storage device, associating it with each school. A student processing means performs a process for each student to calculate the estimated total score at the school in which the student took the exam, based on the estimated score on the day of the exam and the estimated score of the student's internal assessment, based on the student who has entered the exam report from the input device, and stores the calculated total score estimates in a predetermined storage device, associating them with the student and the school in which the student took the exam. When a school is specified by input from the input device, the overall score calculation means obtains each estimated overall score held by the student processing means in association with the specified school, and also obtains the number of successful applicants in the report held by the report processing means in association with the school, and determines the overall score border value of the school based on the overall score estimate that is ranked in descending order of the number of successful applicants in the report from the highest score among the obtained overall score estimates, An internal assessment border calculation means that acquires each student held by the student processing means as a border student, corresponding to the estimated total score that matches the total score border value determined by the total score border calculation means, and determines the internal assessment border value of the school based on the distribution of the estimated internal assessment scores associated with each border student, A border calculation device characterized by having the following features.

2. A memory device that stores the number of applicants, the number of available places to be admitted, and the pass rate (the ratio of the number of applicants to the number of available places to be admitted) for each school, An input / output device that takes in data from a network and sends data with addresses to the network, A reporting processing means that aggregates the examination reports input from each student's terminal device via the input / output device for each school in which the examination was taken, multiplies the aggregated number of examination reports for each school by the pass rate of that school obtained from the storage device, and stores the number of passes within the reported number of examination reports, which is the pass calculation number within the number of examination reports, in a predetermined storage device, associated with each school. A student processing means performs the following process for each student who has entered an examination report: calculate the estimated total score of the student at the school where they took the exam based on the estimated score on the day of the exam and the estimated score of the student, based on the student's estimated score on the day of the exam and the student's estimated internal assessment score, and store the calculated total score estimate in a predetermined storage device, associating it with the student, their terminal device, and the school where they took the exam; When a school is specified in the examination report input from the student's terminal device via the network and the input / output device, the overall border calculation means obtains each estimated total score held by the student processing means in association with the specified school, and obtains the number of successful applicants in the report held by the report processing means in association with the school, and determines the overall score border value for the school based on the overall score estimate that is ranked in descending order of the number of successful applicants in the report, starting from the highest score among the obtained overall score estimates, and The overall score border calculation means acquires each student held by the student processing means as a border student, corresponding to the overall score estimate value that matches the overall score border value determined by the overall score calculation means, and determines the school's internal assessment score border value based on the distribution of internal assessment score estimate values ​​associated with each border student, An output data control means that, based on the examination report from the student's terminal device in which the school is specified, passes the overall score border value determined by the overall border calculation means and the internal assessment score border value determined by the internal assessment border calculation means as data addressed to the terminal device to the input / output device and sends it to the network, A border calculation device characterized by having the following features.

3. In claim 2, The aforementioned internal assessment border calculation means determines the internal assessment score estimate value in the distribution of the internal assessment score estimates that has the highest number of students at the border as the internal assessment score border value. A border calculation device characterized by the following features.

4. In claim 2, The aforementioned internal assessment border calculation means calculates the arithmetic mean of the distribution of the estimated internal assessment scores obtained from the student processing means, and determines the internal assessment score estimate with the highest number of borderline students among the internal assessment score estimates within a predetermined score range above and below the arithmetic mean as the internal assessment score border value. A border calculation device characterized by the following features.

5. In claim 2, The aforementioned storage device maintains a threshold value for each school that specifies the minimum number of exam reports. The reporting processing means, when an examination report is entered, performs the multiplication on the condition that the aggregate value of the number of examination reports for the school specified by the examination report exceeds the threshold for that school, and stores it as the number of successful candidates in the report. A border calculation device characterized by the following features.

6. In claim 2, The memory device further stores a total score calculation method for each school, which calculates the total score based on the estimated score for the day and the estimated score for internal assessment. The student processing means obtains the estimated total score according to the total score calculation method of the school the student is taking the exam for, which is obtained from the storage device. A border calculation device characterized by the following features.

7. In claim 2, The aforementioned storage device further stores the estimated internal assessment score for each student, The student processing means obtains the estimated score and internal assessment score of a student who has entered an examination report from the input / output device along with the examination report, and if the estimated internal assessment score of the student has not been entered from the input / output device, it obtains it from the storage device. A border calculation device characterized by the following features.

8. A program for causing a computer to function as a border calculation device according to any of claims 1 to 7.

9. A method for calculating the border value, which is the pass / fail line for an entrance exam. The examination reports of each student entered from the input device are aggregated for each school where they took the exam, and the aggregated number of examination reports for each school is multiplied by the pass rate, which is the ratio of the number of successful applicants to the number of successful applicants at that school. The number of successful applicants within the reported number of examination reports is then associated with that school and stored in a designated storage device. Each time an examination report is input from the input device, the estimated total score for the school related to the student is calculated based on the estimated score and internal assessment score of the student related to the examination report, and this is stored in a predetermined storage device in association with the student and the school. When a school is specified by the input device, the total score border value for that school is determined based on the total score estimate value that is ranked in descending order of the highest score among the total score estimate values ​​stored in association with that school, by the number of reported successful applicants stored in association with that school. Each student whose total score estimate matches the determined total score border value is designated as a border student, and the internal assessment score border value for that school is determined based on the distribution of the internal assessment score estimate values ​​of each border student. A border calculation method characterized by the following.

10. The examination reports of each student, input from the network via an input / output device, are aggregated for each school where they took the exam. The aggregated number of examination reports for each school is multiplied by the pass rate, which is the ratio of the number of successful applicants to the number of successful applicants at that school. This is then stored in a designated storage device, associated with the school, as the pass calculation number for the number of examination reports. Each time an examination report is input from a student's terminal device via the network and the input / output device, the estimated total score of the student at the school related to the examination report is calculated based on the estimated score and internal assessment score of the student related to the examination report, and this is stored in a predetermined storage device in association with the student, the terminal device from which the examination report was sent, and the school. When a school is specified in the examination report input from the student's terminal device via the network and the input / output device, the total score border value for that school is determined based on the total score estimate value that is ranked in descending order of the highest score among the total score estimate values ​​held in association with that school, by the number of successful applicants in the reports held in association with that school, and each student whose total score estimate value matches the determined total score border value is designated as a border student, and the internal assessment score border value for that school is determined based on the distribution of the internal assessment score estimate values ​​of each border student. The overall score border value and internal assessment score border value, determined by the school as specified in the exam report from the student's terminal device, are passed to the input / output device as data addressed to the terminal device and sent to the network. A border calculation method characterized by the following.

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