NSW Considers Banning Take-home Assessments to Curb AI Influence in Schools

New South Wales (NSW) Education Minister Prue Car has initiated a review into the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in schools, with a particular focus on protecting the integrity of formal examinations. The review will assess AI’s impact on student learning and consider a temporary moratorium on unsupervised take-home assessments. Educators have raised concerns that AI poses more harm than benefit to assessment integrity and cognitive development.

• NSW Education Minister Prue Car has ordered a review into AI in schools.
• The review aims to protect the integrity of the state’s formal examination process.
• A moratorium on unsupervised, take-home assessments is being considered.
• The review will examine AI’s impact on cognitive development and student assessment methods.
• Educators report AI currently presents more harms than benefits in assessment integrity and cognitive development.
• There are concerns that AI use could undermine student education and the integrity of the High School Certificate (HSC).
• The review follows concerns about tanking literacy and numeracy data, with a previous suggestion of returning to pen and paper tests.
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