11. A computer system for delivering a pilot test for educational material, the computer system comprising: a memory; and a plurality of modules configured to deliver the pilot test, at least a portion of at least one of the plurality of modules being stored in at least a portion of the memory, the plurality of modules including: a pilot test development engine configured to receive data associated with a characteristic of a plurality of students from an educational delivery system and select a control group of students from the plurality of students and an experimental group of students from the plurality of students based on the data such that a value of the characteristic associated with each student from the control group of students is substantially identical to a value of the characteristic associated with each student from the experimental group of students; and a delivery engine configured to deliver to the control group of students a first educational material including a first content associated with a plurality of learning objectives, which is arranged to define at least a first learning path, the delivery engine configured to deliver to the experimental group of students a second educational material including a second content associated with the plurality of learning objectives, which is arranged to define at least a second learning path.
11. A computer system for delivering a pilot test for educational material, the computer system comprising: a memory; and a plurality of modules configured to deliver the pilot test, at least a portion of at least one of the plurality of modules being stored in at least a portion of the memory, the plurality of modules including: a pilot test development engine configured to receive data associated with a characteristic of a plurality of students from an educational delivery system and select a control group of students from the plurality of students and an experimental group of students from the plurality of students based on the data such that a value of the characteristic associated with each student from the control group of students is substantially identical to a value of the characteristic associated with each student from the experimental group of students; and a delivery engine configured to deliver to the control group of students a first educational material including a first content associated with a plurality of learning objectives, which is arranged to define at least a first learning path, the delivery engine configured to deliver to the experimental group of students a second educational material including a second content associated with the plurality of learning objectives, which is arranged to define at least a second learning path. 14. The computer system of claim 11 , wherein: the data is associated with a plurality of characteristics of the plurality of students, the plurality of characteristics including the characteristic of the plurality of students; and the pilot test development engine is configured to produce an estimate of a number of students associated with the plurality of characteristics.