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12th Jun 2025
Research

What the Recent Apple Study Taught Us About AI, Reasoning, and Assessment

By Mark House

In June 2025, Apple published a landmark study that has sent shockwaves through the AI and assessment communities. The research, titled The Illusion of Thinking, rigorously tested the reasoning abilities of the most advanced AI models—so-called large reasoning models (LRMs) from OpenAI, Google, Anthropic, and others—using a series of classic logic puzzles designed to scale in complexity. The findings have profound implications for how we understand AI’s capabilities, especially in the context of educational assessment.
2nd Jun 2025
RM Compare Newsletter - June 2025

By Mark House

A bumper edition with THIRTEEN new posts - that takes us to well over 200 blog posts in total. This month we are looking forward to attending the international E Assessment Awards where we are a finalist in the most innovative solution category. As part of this we have created a new Innovation blog series which we will be adding to over the coming weeks.
1st Jun 2025
Innovation

Supercharge Innovation and Productivity on RM Compare with Your LLM

By Mark House

In the rapidly evolving world of educational assessment, efficiency and innovation are no longer just buzzwords—they’re necessities. If you’re using RM Compare, you already know the power of Adaptive Comparative Judgement for delivering robust, scalable assessment. But what if you could take your productivity and creativity to the next level? Enter the Large Language Model (LLM).
1st Jun 2025
Innovation

RM Compare and AI

By Mark House

We get asked a lot of questions about RM Compare and AI - here are some of the common ones together with our responses

12th Jun 2025
Research

What the Recent Apple Study Taught Us About AI, Reasoning, and Assessment

By Mark House

In June 2025, Apple published a landmark study that has sent shockwaves through the AI and assessment communities. The research, titled The Illusion of Thinking, rigorously tested the reasoning abilities of the most advanced AI models—so-called large reasoning models (LRMs) from OpenAI, Google, Anthropic, and others—using a series of classic logic puzzles designed to scale in complexity. The findings have profound implications for how we understand AI’s capabilities, especially in the context of educational assessment.
2nd Jun 2025
RM Compare Newsletter - June 2025

By Mark House

A bumper edition with THIRTEEN new posts - that takes us to well over 200 blog posts in total. This month we are looking forward to attending the international E Assessment Awards where we are a finalist in the most innovative solution category. As part of this we have created a new Innovation blog series which we will be adding to over the coming weeks.
1st Jun 2025
Innovation

Supercharge Innovation and Productivity on RM Compare with Your LLM

By Mark House

In the rapidly evolving world of educational assessment, efficiency and innovation are no longer just buzzwords—they’re necessities. If you’re using RM Compare, you already know the power of Adaptive Comparative Judgement for delivering robust, scalable assessment. But what if you could take your productivity and creativity to the next level? Enter the Large Language Model (LLM).
1st Jun 2025
Innovation

RM Compare and AI

By Mark House

We get asked a lot of questions about RM Compare and AI - here are some of the common ones together with our responses
31st May 2025
Innovation

Why ‘Innovation for Efficiency’ Isn’t Enough: The Hidden Value of Slowing Down

By Mark House

In today’s world of rapid technological change, the dominant narrative is that innovation should serve efficiency. “Get more done for less” is the rallying cry, especially in the age of AI, where speed, automation, and optimisation are often seen as the ultimate goals. But what if this relentless pursuit of efficiency is not just limiting, but counterproductive?
31st May 2025
Innovation

How we build RM Compare

By Mark House

The faster we learn the quicker we can produce valuable software while maintaining the very highest quality. This understanding underpins innovation.
30th May 2025
Product

Working with your IT Support

By Mark House

There may be times you will want to work with your own IT support - here are some things to consider
30th May 2025
Product

Digitising Content

By Mark House

RM Compare is an online system - there are a number of options for getting content digitised and uploaded. Follow our step-by-step walkthroughs to learn more.
29th May 2025
DataShare

DataShare access and visibility within and between Licence Centres

By Mark House

RM Compare Datashare breaks down siloes to facilitate collaboration at scale. It is important to understand how visibility and access to data is controlled

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vuid	vimeo.com	Collects data on the user's visits to the website	365 days, 0:00:00	HTTP

Name	Domain	Purpose	Expiration	Security
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h	heapanalytics.com	Collects data on the user behaviour and interaction with the website	0:00:00	HTTP

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