Educational Testing

Standardized tests are used to screen applicants for work training programs and colleges; they also are used for licensure for many roles. The performance of GPT-4 on standardized tests raises questions. First, are its high scores as predictive of its capabilities as such scores would be for humans? Second, does…

PISA is the international test that’s used to compare the effectiveness of education internationally. — Like the items in Lectical Assessments, PISA items involve real-world problems. PISA developers also claim, as we do here at Lectica, that their items measure how knowledge is applied. So, why do we persist in claiming that Lectical Assessments and assessments like PISA measure different things?