AUTHOR=Urrutia-Jorde Matias 

TITLE=Prospects for development of culturally inclusive models for education: diagnostic classification models

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Education

VOLUME=Volume 10 - 2025

YEAR=2025

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/education/articles/10.3389/feduc.2025.1556993

DOI=10.3389/feduc.2025.1556993

ISSN=2504-284X

ABSTRACT=Diagnostic classification models (DCM) have been a recent topic of conversation in the development of educational materials. Specifically, there has been significant criticism of their validity and use within the educational system. For this reason, I identify avenues for the development of DCMs by taking a global perspective. Current literature on adapting pedagogy to culture is presented to consider multidimensional models, like DCMs, as useful tools for global development. This publication aims to present DCMs in a more accessible format, as well as illustrate that multidimensional models are useful for large scale data aggregation. I challenge criticisms that DCMs has failed to establish reliability and validity by looking at the foundation of the model. Although not all issues are resolved, DCMs are presented as practical tools for future research, and as prospects for educational development in low- and middle-income countries.