The science behind Cognassist

Cognassist is an evidence-based neuro-inclusion platform: we take our science seriously and here's how we do it.

Cognassist is a member of The International Test Commission, a global association of national psychological associations, test commissions, publishers and other organisations committed to promoting effective development and use of educational and psychological assessments.

Our scientific principles

Robust validation and testing

Cognassist’s performance-based assessment has been through five stages of validity and research piloting with hundreds of participants to meet the gold standard of psychometrics. Our assessment also contains nine Performance Validity Tests (PVTs) to track the effort of participants throughout the assessment and make sure any differences in performance are not due to inaccurate or false responses. Any PVT failures will be flagged with users and removed from our dataset.

Robust validation and testing

Strict ethical guidelines

Cognassist practices data ethics. We use responsible design and implementation with our system, based on guidelines from The Alan Turing Institute, to counteract potential harms, discrimination and unintended use. Our contracts contain an Ethics Policy that ensures a binding agreement to fair use and accountability.

Strict ethical guidelines

Solid data protection

Data is our greatest asset, but it’s your greatest asset too. We are committed to ensuring the highest security of data and treating this information with the respect it deserves. Our research uses anonymised data and we regularly test our internal security, taking every step to ensure compliance and safety.

Solid data protection

Meaningful scientific and social progress

Science is one of the most powerful vehicles for social change. A systematic methodology makes systematic change. At Cognassist, we think the best way to make a meaningful and positive impact is to follow the science, test what we do and experiment with new ways to improve. Good science does good.

Meaningful scientific and social progress

 

 

Become an academic or research partner

Cognassist is always looking to partner with organisations that share our vision to create impactful change.

Curious to find out more?

The science behind cognassist

The Science Behind Cognassist: A guide to our gold-standard assessment

realise and cognassist pilot research and predicting dropout

Realise and Cognassist pilot research and predicting dropout

How Cognassist supports learners

How Cognassist supports learners: A guide to our evidence-based framework