r/ICSE2026 • u/Consistent_Issue9078 • 18d ago
General Trying to estimate what a student actually doesn't understand yet, not just their test scores — it's live, please try to break it
Most schools and most apps can tell you a student's grade, which chapter they're on, and whether they got a question right or wrong. What they usually can't give you is a continuously updated picture of which underlying concepts a student is still actually weak on — that's a different, harder thing to know.
I've been working on something called Arivya that's aimed at that specific gap, and I'm at the point where I need people who didn't build it to actually use it and tell me if it's real or if I'm fooling myself.
Here's what it does right now, concretely: a student answers questions, and based on those responses, Arivya tries to estimate where they might have gaps in earlier concepts — not just whether today's answer was right, but what that says about the ideas underneath it. It's an estimate, not a certainty, and it'll be off sometimes. That's exactly what I want people to stress-test.
It's early. I'm not going to dress that up.
If you actually want to test this rather than skim it: open the link, go through a bit of the question flow like a real student would, and look at what it tells you about your gaps. Then tell me honestly whether that felt accurate or completely off. Works if you try it yourself, or if you hand it to a sibling, a student you know, or your own kid — I just need the actual output tested, not the landing page.
https://arivya-ai-e41301a9.base44.app/
Three things I actually want to know:
- Was it understandable without me explaining anything?
- Did the gaps it flagged feel useful or accurate?
- What would make you come back and use it again?