Epistemy

Oral assessments that test why, not just what.

Epistemy builds causal reasoning based oral assessments and spoken language tests. Each exam balances recall with reasoning.

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Recall first, then reasoning

Sample exchange from a corporate finance course. Instructors write the case and the rubric.

Topic: Cost of capital (corporate finance)
Examiner

Student

Two products, one way of listening.

Both start from the same idea: understanding shows up when someone has to explain, predict and reconsider out loud.

Subject based Oral Exam

A spoken exam for university courses. It balances recall with reasoning. The exam adapts to the student's answers and evaluates their understanding of the concepts.

  • Instructors set the case, the key concepts and the rubric.
  • Questions are generated adaptively, following up on what each student just said.
  • Each answer is mapped to the concepts and the links between them.
  • Scores come with the transcript and the recording, so every grade can be checked.

Spoken language tests

Adaptive speaking tests that listen to how a learner explains, not only how they pronounce. Aligned with the OECD PISA Foreign Language Assessment, with results on the CEFR scale (A1 to C2), the international standard for describing language ability.

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Built for schools, national assessments and testing organisations that need speaking tests at scale.

How an Epistemy assessment runs.

  1. Set up

    The instructor adds a case, picks the concepts that matter and sets the rubric.

  2. Talk

    The student answers out loud in the browser. The examiner probes each answer in turn.

  3. Score

    Epistemy's own scoring method weighs recall and each rung of reasoning, and shows how every score was reached.

  4. Review

    The instructor reads the transcript, hears the audio, and decides the grade.

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