{
  "id": 4871107,
  "title": "JEE Advanced may shift to adaptive testing to reduce coaching dependence",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/01/jee-advanced-may-shift-to-adaptive-testing-to-reduce-coaching",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-01T14:10:12.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Hindustan Times",
    "slug": "hindustan-times",
    "url": "https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/jee-advanced-may-shift-to-adaptive-testing-to-reduce-coaching-dependence-101788271812945.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) Advanced may soon undergo a shift to adaptive testing in order to diminish reliance on coaching and assess students' abilities more accurately. This proposal has progressed from a mere suggestion to a pilot program involving around 4,000 students across various Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs). The main objective is to gather data that will validate the feasibility of this new assessment system, with an anticipated rollout as early as 2030, contingent upon at least three years of research and validation. The IIT Council, during its 55th meeting on August 25, 2025, endorsed the idea, with a formal announcement expected by early 2027. IIT Kanpur director Prof Manindra Agrawal advocated for the change, expressing concerns over the existing examination structure and the detrimental impact of coaching on students' emotional and financial well-being. The adaptive testing mechanism would initially present questions of varying difficulty levels, which would adjust in real-time based on a student's performance. IIT Kanpur is also exploring the automation of question generation, potentially utilizing AI agents, to create a diverse bank of questions that would prevent copying and cheating. The proposed adaptive system aims to evaluate critical thinking and reasoning skills, thereby reducing the emphasis on rote learning and coaching. The IIT Council recommended the Joint Admission Board (JAB) and IIT Kanpur to evaluate the proposal's feasibility, operational requirements, and potential to reduce coaching dependence and examination vulnerabilities. The council also proposed the development of a question-generation tool that can create questions across different difficulty levels. An initial experiment would involve an optional adaptive test two months before JEE Advanced to collect performance data and compare it with students' actual JEE Advanced results. The research, which will take at least three years, seeks to validate findings from the US and other countries that establish a strong correlation between aptitude tests and innate intelligence.",
  "summary": "The IITs are looking to roll out the new assessment system, in which question difficulty would adapt to a candidate’s performance",
  "key_points": [
    "JEE Advanced may adopt adaptive testing to reduce coaching dependence.",
    "Pilot program involves 4,000 students across IITs.",
    "Decision expected by early 2027 after three years of research."
  ],
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}