Our Purpose,
Our Perspective
Our mission is to contribute meaningfully to the development of innovative, research-aligned assessment tools that advance 21st-century competency education.
Prism Assessments is a division of LOZO Education, an international education company with operations in both Michigan, and Shanghai, China – a global hub for education excellence and innovation.
We are a global multidisciplinary team with expertise in educational practice, assessment, and technology. LOZO specializes in 21st-century education, technology-driven learning, and assessment innovation, with a focus on building systems that develop and showcase the thinking, communication, and collaboration skills that students need to thrive.
Where Our Mission Began
We’ve spent more than a decade teaching and assessing high-performing K–12 students in some of the most demanding, feedback-driven disciplines – including competitive debate, public speaking, and writing – that cultivate skills like complex communication, critical and reflective thinking, and effective collaboration.
In doing so, we saw a critical gap. Schools value 21st-century skills, but most assessments don’t meaningfully measure them. We started Prism Assessments to change that – by leveraging our domain expertise to design tools that capture how students think, communicate, and grow across time and tasks.
Our Edge in Assessment Innovation
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Deep Expertise in 21st-Century Skills Development
Our team has spent over a decade helping students master complex communication, critical and reflective thinking, collaboration, and more – competencies at the heart of any meaningful learning environment. This gives us a uniquely nuanced understanding of how to elicit, observe, and evaluate these higher-order and 21st-century skills in authentic ways.
Why this matters: We are able to blend deep practical experience with evidence-based models to design assessments that surface the cognitive, social, and emotional demands which students face in real learning contexts. Our tools are built to reflect that complexity.
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Proven Track Record in High-Performance K–12 Education
We’ve coached tens of thousands of students across East Asia and beyond, many of whom have gone on to become regional, national and international champions in speech & debate, and matriculate to top US high schools and universities. We’ve also developed rigorous instructional programs used by schools and education bureaus.
Why this matters: We know what it takes to succeed – and we’ve seen how traits like resilience, curiosity, self-regulation, and ethical reasoning emerge in real student work. That insight directly informs how we design and validate our constructs.
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Assessment Design That Reflects the Real World
Our instructional and assessment design draws from both national exam development experience and skills-based learning models. We’ve built frameworks and rubrics used in thousands of hours of formative and summative assessment – designed to be both instructionally useful and methodologically sound.
Why this matters: We’re able to balance educational rigor with authenticity. Our assessments are grounded in how students actually demonstrate growth, decision-making, and communication in context.
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A Multidisciplinary Team with Technical Depth
Our team combines educators, curriculum developers, researchers, and technologists – including specialists in AI and EdTech product development. We design tools that are not only pedagogically powerful, but also secure, scalable, and intuitive to use.
Why this matters: Our assessments work in real schools, with real students. We combine human insight with AI augmentation to build platforms that honor student voice, protect test integrity, and deliver value to educational institutions.
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A Global Perspective Aligned to Local Needs
LOZO Education operates in both China and the US, with strong ties to the US independent school system. And as the official speech & debate partner of the Shanghai Education Commission, we design tools that align international standards with local needs.
Why this matters: We understand how to design for diversity – of context, background, and learner experience. And we know how to support both forward-thinking international schools and mission-driven US institutions seeking better ways to evaluate potential.