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The Digital Work Pad
Award last edited on: 12/20/2013

Sponsored Program
SBIR
Awarding Agency
DoEd
Total Award Amount
$849,816
Award Phase
2
Solicitation Topic Code
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Principal Investigator
Michael Russell

Company Information

Nimble Assessment Systems Inc

3 Bridge Street Suite B101
Newton, MA 02458
   (617) 431-4441
   N/A
   www.nimbletools.com
Location: Single
Congr. District: 04
County: Middlesex

Phase I

Contract Number: N/A
Start Date: 00/00/00    Completed: 00/00/00
Phase I year
2008
Phase I Amount
$99,976
The Digital Work Pad is an innovative peripheral device designed to allow K12 students to enter responses to open ended items in a natural manner by hand. The DWP solves a major shortcoming of current educational software and computer-based testing systems, namely the inability to include items that require students to produce complex formulas, drawings, or graphs.

Phase II

Contract Number: edies09c0008
Start Date: 00/00/00    Completed: 00/00/00
Phase II year
2009
Phase II Amount
$749,840
The Digital Workpad allows students to produce handwritten responses to open-ended items presented by a computer-based test. The work pad allows students to show their work for mathematics problems, produce graphs and drawings, label figures, and write short answer responses.