When we think about AI and assessment, the first images that usually come to mind are auto-graded multiple-choice quizzes or tools that spit out endless test items. But there’s more at play.
- AI can accelerate both good and bad practice. If your prompt is vague, you’ll get shallow, recall-based questions. If it’s specific and well-framed, you can get outputs that push learners to analyse, evaluate, and create.
- AI raises questions about fairness and bias. It doesn’t know your learners, their contexts, or what’s “fair” in your classroom. That’s why review and teacher judgement remain essential.
- AI challenges us to rethink time. Instead of spending hours writing first drafts, teachers can now spend more time refining, aligning, and supporting students — the higher-value parts of assessment design.
Watch the two videos below about AI in ELT Assessment and then take the quick quiz to see how much you already know about AI in ELT assessment. The quiz is not about right or wrong answers. It’s a way to uncover assumptions you might already hold about artificial intelligence in assessment design, and to highlight the issues we’ll be exploring throughout the module.
Take it as a warm-up: a chance to test your instincts, reflect on your own practice, and start thinking about where AI might fit (or not fit) in your work.
