Exams are saturated. Usage has exploded. The evaluation that answers "does this help?" happens in private,
at product-analytics cadence.
Compiled August 2026 · from published benchmarks, peer-reviewed gap studies, and vendor disclosures · interactive — best viewed in a browser
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Up front
One page per slide. Arrow keys (← / →) move between pages.
Part I
The record
What public evaluation actually is right now: the flagship instruments, and the five eras of
question they were built to answer.
Part II
The ceiling
Why those instruments stopped discriminating — and why the field's response, moving up
into more realism, is not the same as moving right into a faster loop.
Part III
Behind the wall
The evaluation that answers does this help? already exists and runs daily. It sits on the
other side of a property line, and nothing it learns comes back.
Part IV
The instrument
The evaluation that fits the shape of the problem — and what each audience does about it on
Monday.