Gary Spivack, Senior Product Manager
May 7, 2024

We’re thrilled to announce our next release! Thanks to Pro!’s agile development approach, we’re able to swiftly assess new feature requests, integrate user feedback, and deliver enhancements. Plus, with our seasoned development and architecture teams at the helm, our clients can trust that Pro! always leverages proven technologies and methodologies. 

Here are some key enhancements in Pro! v4.1.

Additional Answer Choices

With our enhanced platform, both single-selection and multiple-selection item types allow authors and reviewers to craft and prepare items that contain more than five answer choices. Of course, this includes the full support of associated, option-based rationales. This is especially useful for technical item content, typically using multiple-selection items with six answer choices. With a simple click, dive into a preview of the items, seamlessly search through them, export them with ease, and publish them to your target test driver.

Item Preview

Get ready for an enhanced Pro! experience with our latest high-fidelity item preview upgrade, crafted to seamlessly align with Pearson VUE’s Athena Browser Edition test driver. We’ve fine-tuned the item preview to ensure accurate rendering, giving you the power to customize the preview screen resolution to match the in-center candidate experience. By allowing upstream viewing and approval in the item workflow, we’ve virtually eliminated the need for extensive rendering verification during test publishing, saving you valuable time and resources.

Coming Soon

Here is an exciting sneak peek of what’s in store for Pro! v4.2! 

Introducing the next level of sophistication in our Natural Language Processing (NLP) arsenal: an upgrade to our renowned Cosign Similarity feature, now empowered with Semantic similarity! You have the power to fine-tune the AI process to your exact specifications. Want to compare specific elements? Done. Prefer a particular model? You got it.

Imagine a world where creating your exam is as easy as setting your parameters and letting our AI do the heavy lifting. No more manual assembly – our cutting-edge technology considers various aspects, from cueing to enemies, effortlessly providing options, or replacing items as needed.

About Pro!

Our enterprise item bank offers collaborative and systemized management of the entire exam development process. Pro! enables unlimited users to author and edit unlimited items anywhere across the internet. Use Pro!’s item development workshop functionality, and allow your staff to communicate with item writing and review teams. Write traditional multiple-choice items or design complex simulation items with Pro!. Assign metadata to the items, including classifications, rationales, comments, references, and user-defined fields through user-friendly, easy-to-navigate screens.

Contact us for more information.

About the Author

Gary Spivack has worked in the testing industry since the mid-90s as a software engineer, developing complex software systems that span item authoring, examination delivery drivers, scoring, and reporting systems.  His drive to have systems be best-of-breed in the industry inspired him to become the product owner for Strasz Assessment System’s suite of products.  When not at work, Gary continues self-improvement through martial arts and, of course, follows the Philadelphia sports teams.