Assessment Evolved: Redefining Formative Assessment in a Generative AI Era

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Practical Strategies for Future-Ready Assessment

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Leveraging the transformative nature of GenAI to drive innovation in assessment

Generative AI is reshaping education and the future of assessment. Rather than banning it, we must harness its potential to innovate: evolving formative assessment practices to foster deeper learning and integrity, while building AI literacy.

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About the Assessment Evolved Report

The report explores how generative AI is reshaping formative assessment. Based on research with over 1,000 educators and expert interviews, it offers actionable strategies for policy, practice, and leadership to help educators build students' AI literacy, critical thinking, and future-ready skills.

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Key Insights from Our Research

Evolving formative assessment for an AI-driven future: deepening learning, fostering agency, and building AI literacy.

Amplifying the learning impact of Formative Assessment with Gen AI Shaping the Future of Assessment in a Gen AI era Sparking Student Agency and Lifelong Learning
Now is the moment to evolve formative assessment for an AI world. When used intentionally, GenAI can enable deeper reflection, richer feedback, and more meaningful learning experiences. Moving beyond bans and detection, educators can guide the ethical and thoughtful use of GenAI in formative assessments, helping students demonstrate understanding and build essential skills. Assessment should foster agency, curiosity, and lifelong learning. Done right, leveraging GenAI in assessment can spark motivation and prepare students to thrive in a future with GenAI.

Expert Voices

Up to 82% of educators expressed concern about students’ use of GenAI to complete assignments.
Amanda Bickerstaff, CEO, AI for Education
Ryan Baker, Professor of AI and Learning, University of South Australia
Mutlu Cukurova, Professor of Learning and AI, University College London
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Amanda Bickerstaff, CEO, AI for Education
"The rhetoric of 'AI is for cheating' is so loud that the greater ethical concerns underneath are either being ignored, or not acknowledged… The deeper reason why academic integrity breaches are so scary right now is the fear that kids will start devaluing the role of education, the role of learning."
Ryan Baker
Ryan Baker, Professor of AI and Learning, University of South Australia
“Why would we train somebody to not use the tools they’re going to use in the world of work?”
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Mutlu Cukurova, Professor of Learning and AI, University College London
“How do I motivate my students and how do I teach them that this is the right way to interact with AI? How do I embed these interactions as part of my formative – and, in the future, summative - assessment of their learning? This is the direction that we are working towards. To me, that's a much more realistic vision than considering AI as a ‘no-no’ technology”

Practical Guides for Educators

Actionable strategies for school and HE educators to evolve formative assessment in a GenAI era.
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A Practical Guide for Schools

Designed for school educators, this guide provides actionable strategies to evolve formative assessment in the GenAI era. Our step-by-step, concrete examples support teachers to protect learning integrity and build AI literacy.

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This report marks the beginning of an important conversation on how assessment can evolve in the GenAI era. We welcome your thoughts and feedback.

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Acknowledgements

We thank the educators and experts who contributed to this work, including Professor Ryan Baker, Peter Bannister, Amanda Bickerstaff, Professor Emerita Susan Brookhart, Professor Mutlu Cukurova, Professor Phillip Dawson, Rachel Evans, Charles Fadel, Steve Fitzpatrick, Professor Eric Klopfer, Professor Danny Liu, Professor Bill Lucas, Kane Murdoch, Mike Perkins, Pat Yongpradit, and many more.