Judge-condition verification did not consistently improve LLM feedback quality and often propagated Peer agents' errors¶
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q2 i? Contrary to prior LLM-as-Judge findings, Judge feedback did not consistently improve feedback quality; when Peer agents missed errors, Judge agents often propagated rather than corrected them. → Tahreem Yasir 2026
Evidence¶
Tahreem Yasir 2026¶
Tahreem Yasir, Wenbo Li, Sam Gilson, Sutapa Dey Tithi, Xiaoyi Tian, Tiffany Barnes. (2026). Confirming Correct, Missing the Rest: LLM Tutoring Agents Struggle Where Feedback Matters Most. arXiv:2605.16207. https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.16207 doi:10.48550/arxiv.2605.16207
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Verification-condition analysis (RQ3, Figure 12): Judge agents anchored feedback to the Peer's framing, inheriting or exacerbating mistakes. The authors note this asymmetric pattern is consistent with their prior work; no effect size is printed.
"Contrary to prior LLM-as- Judge findings (Zheng et al., 2023), Judge feed- back did not consistently improve feedback quality. When Peer agents missed errors, Judge agents of- ten propagated rather than corrected them"
Discussion¶
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Judge-condition verification did not consistently improve LLM feedback quality and often propagated Peer agents' errors |
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Judge-condition verification did not consistently improve LLM feedback quality and often propagated Peer agents' errors |
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2026-10-21 |
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2029 |
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