Automated Item Evaluation: Predicting Item Acceptance and Rejection using LLM-Generated Critiques

Hotaka Maeda, Yikai Lu


Abstract
We built a near-comprehensive automated item evaluation model, predicting historical item acceptance or rejection from item text and Qwen3-generated critiques using 52,759 items from a large-scale testing program. Two DeBERTaV3 classifiers fused reached AUC .80 overall and .86 for math. Fairness-related rejections remained difficult, underscoring the need for human review.
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2026.aimecon-wip.16
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Proceedings of the Artificial Intelligence in Measurement and Education Conference (AIME-Con): Works in Progress
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October
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2026
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Wyndham Grand Pittsburgh Downtown, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
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Joshua Wilson, Christopher Ormerod, Magdalen Beiting-Parrish
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AIME-Con
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National Council on Measurement in Education (NCME)
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113–129
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Hotaka Maeda and Yikai Lu. 2026. Automated Item Evaluation: Predicting Item Acceptance and Rejection using LLM-Generated Critiques. In Proceedings of the Artificial Intelligence in Measurement and Education Conference (AIME-Con): Works in Progress, pages 113–129, Wyndham Grand Pittsburgh Downtown, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. National Council on Measurement in Education (NCME).
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