Gary Spivack, Senior Product Manager
April 18, 2025
The Pro! v4.7 release brings a wave of powerful enhancements designed to enhance the item development and review experience. With a new authoring interface for Single Selection, Likert, and Passage items, faster saves, and intuitive dropdown navigation, users can work more efficiently. Accessibility takes a leap forward with ADA-compliant color item previews built right into the editor. Review workflows are more flexible, allowing project closures even with active items, complete with smart warnings and audit trails. Super Users unlock robust new controls, including submission rollbacks, passage item assignments, and full comment editing with visibility into changes. From streamlined authoring to smarter oversight, Pro! v4.7’s flexibility allows for greater alignment to meet your needs.
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View the Pro! v4.7 release notes for complete details
Item Authoring User Experience Redesign
We’ve redesigned the item authoring experience in Pro! to make your workflow smoother, faster, and more intuitive. The updated interface for Single Selection, Likert, and Passage items now features a dropdown-based layout that replaces the old tabs, giving you a more streamlined and consistent experience. You’ll notice smarter saving too—classifications and references update automatically, while user-defined fields (UDFs) save with a click when you’re ready. We’ve also improved persistence performance by separating how content and metadata are saved. To top it off, Clone and Move actions are now easier to find in the View dropdown—they are the same great tools, but in a more convenient spot.
Close In-Progress Item Review Projects
We’ve made it easier for you to manage your timelines by giving project managers the flexibility to close review projects even if some items are still in active review. No more waiting for every round to wrap up—now you can move forward when it makes sense for your team. If any items are still in progress, you’ll get a clear warning with a list of those items, and everything is logged for transparency. You’ll always have a chance to cancel before finalizing the closure. It’s all about giving you more control.
Item Submission Rollback
Super Users now have the power to roll back item writing submissions for both discrete items and passage sets, giving your team more flexibility during remote item writing. They can return the item to the original author for further edits without losing any back-office updates that might have been made. Once resubmitted, the item is versioned and placed back into the Submitted queue, keeping everything organized. Of course, all rollback and resubmission activity is fully logged for complete transparency.
Pro! is your partner for the item and examination development process. With a constant flow of new innovative features and a focus on efficiency, precision, and flexibility, there’s never been a better time to upgrade. Empower your team today!
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Coming Soon
We are moving forward with our Artificial Intelligence (AI) suite of efficiency tools, which will enhance the item creation and examination development process. These tools include Forms Assembly, Classification Assignment, Rationale Generation, Image Generation, and Distractor Creation.
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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.
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About the Author
Gary Spivack brings decades of experience in the testing industry, beginning his career in the mid-90s as a software engineer building end-to-end solutions for item authoring, test delivery, scoring, and reporting. His passion for innovation and usability led him to his current role as Product Owner at Strasz Assessment Systems, where he helps shape a best-in-class suite of exam development tools. Outside of work, Gary is dedicated to lifelong learning through martial arts and is a proud follower of all things Philadelphia sports. (Go Birds!)