Method
Prep that knows whether it's working.
Re-reading notes feels productive and mostly isn't. Answering real exam-style questions and getting corrected is one of the most effective study methods there is, and it's the one thing Pass-IT does. Then it measures whether it's landing, instead of asking you to trust it.
The problem
Feeling ready isn't the same as being ready.
Re-reading and highlighting are the most popular ways to study and among the least effective. They build a familiarity that's easy to mistake for knowledge, and on exam day recognizing a page is not the same as answering a question.
Dumps are worse: memorizing leaked answers skips the understanding entirely and collapses the moment the question is reworded.
The research
What actually works.
Across hundreds of studies, a few study methods stand out. Pass-IT is built on them.
- Testing yourself beats re-reading. Students who were tested on material remembered far more a week later than students who spent the same time re-reading it. The act of retrieving an answer is what strengthens the memory; a landmark review of ten study techniques rated only two as high-utility, and this was one. See the meta-analysis →
- Getting corrected is where it sticks. Testing works best when every answer comes with why it's right or wrong. An error you correct on the spot becomes one of the strongest memories you form. See the review →
- Spacing beats cramming. Material practiced across several days sticks far longer than the same time in one sitting. Short sessions through the week beat one long night. How spaced repetition works in Pass-IT →
How Pass-IT applies it
The research, turned into the product.
It measures where you stand
Instead of guessing whether you've done enough, your readiness score estimates your chance of passing from your real answers, domain by domain.
Every minute is you answering
No passive video, no re-reading. From question one you answer exam-realistic questions in the exam's own formats and weightings.
- 1It measures where you standInstead of guessing whether you've done enough, your readiness score estimates your chance of passing from your real answers, domain by domain.
- 2Every minute is you answeringNo passive video, no re-reading. From question one you answer exam-realistic questions in the exam's own formats and weightings.
- It corrects you, and explains why. Right or wrong, you get more than a checkmark. In practice, Alex walks you through the concept the question is testing, and on a multiple-choice question, why each other option falls short. Fixing a mistake the moment you make it is what turns it into a memory you keep.
- Misses come back on a schedule. Every question you miss becomes a review automatically, with no flashcard deck to build. It comes back when you finish the session, then returns at intervals that widen each time you get it right, so what nearly slipped keeps resurfacing until it sticks.
Questions
Straight answers.
What exactly is the readiness score?
An estimate of your chance of passing, built from your real answers: how you're doing across the exam's domains, weighted the way the exam weights them, held back until you've covered enough ground to trust it. It moves from a rough early read to high confidence as you practice.
How does the pass-or-money-back guarantee work?
Reach an 80% readiness score at exam time, sit the exam, and if you don't pass, you get your money back. The score is the honest part: it only reaches 80% when your answers say you're ready.
Do you publish your own numbers?
Yes. On our first cohort, the score read at question 20 already tracked where people finished by question 50 (a 0.89 correlation), and when it's unsure it reads low rather than flattering you. These are early, internal numbers, not exam-outcome claims. We'd rather show you that than quote a pass rate we can't stand behind.
Is the science just marketing?
The methods here, retrieval practice and spaced review, are among the most replicated findings in learning research, cited above. What's ours is applying them and measuring whether they land for you, instead of asking you to take it on faith.
Do I have to set up the spaced review?
No. Every question you miss becomes a review automatically and comes back on a widening schedule. There's no deck to build and nothing to configure.
Find out where you stand.
Your first practice session is free, no card required. Every question you answer starts building your readiness score.
Start practicing freeReach 80% on your readiness score at exam time: pass or your money back.