The use of GDZ is a subject of ongoing debate among educators, parents, and researchers: Perspective

GDZ for 9th-grade Russian is primarily used as a self-checking tool to help students prepare for the , a critical mandatory assessment for all 9th-year students in Russia.

The general consensus suggests that while GDZ can be a productive self-study aid when used for checking one's own answers, its misuse as a primary source of homework completion undermines the critical thinking and language mastery required for the OGE and future academic success .

Students use it to verify their own work, especially for complex topics like complex sentence structures and syntax .