Category: Assessment
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The AI Assessment Scale: New Peer Reviewed Paper

The AI Assessment Scale (v2) has officially been published in the open access Journal of University Teaching & Learning Practice (JUTLP). Read more here!
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How (not) to use the AIAS

In our new commentary for the Journal of Applied Learning & Teaching, we explore everything we have learned after two years of working on the AI Assessment Scale AIAS
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Five Principles for Rethinking Assessment with Gen AI

These 5 Principles for rethinking assessment were important before GenAI, but now they’re even more relevant. In this article, I explore why validity, authenticity, transparency and trust are key to assessment.
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Stuck Thinking and End-of-School Exams

We think the end of school exam is a lot of things: but is our thinking stuck on unhelpful ideas? If we treat the exam differently, how might it change our assessments and attitudes towards AI?
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Take-home assessments: AI is not the problem

An article in the SMH, and a follow up editorial in the Sun-Herald, ask whether take-home assessments are invalid because of AI. I think we’re asking the wrong questions.
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How I use the AI Assessment Scale: Part 1

In this post, I explore what the AI Assessment Scale means to me, and how I apply it in different contexts. I also describe what the AIAS is NOT.
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AI Assessment Scale (AIAS) Translations: 2025 Updates

This is an update of an earlier post on translations of the AI Assessment Scale. Please keep sending us your translations as we keep these resources up to date! The AI Assessment Scale has been adopted across the world in both the original (traffic lights) version, and the updated (bubblegum) version. We have been amazed…
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AI Assessment Scale (AIAS) Translations from Around the World

The AI Assessment Scale has been adopted across the world in both the original (traffic lights) version, and the updated (bubblegum) version. We have been amazed by how many K-12 and Higher Education institutions have used the AIAS to help their faculty and students. Since we released the version 2 updates as a CC BY…
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AI Assessment Scale Level 1: No AI

This series of posts explores the AIAS, discussing various assessment types at each level. Level 1 entails no AI, requiring careful articulation to dissuade its use. Balancing assessment security and validity is key, while practical, inclusive assessments can be designed without AI. Educators propose diverse “No AI” assessments, emphasising foundational skills and soft skills for…
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AIAS: Why We’ve Driven Through the Traffic Lights

Author’s Note: There are four authors for the original and updated AI Assessment Scale (Lead author Assoc. Prof. Mike Perkins of BUV, me, Dr Jasper Roe of JCU Singapore, and Assoc. Prof. Jason MacVaugh of BUV) In the series of blog posts which will follow, I am expressing my thoughts on the AIAS: though the…