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"Part of the process": Expert breaks down potential role of AI in marking exams

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Newstalk ZB,
Publish Date
Wed, 6 Aug 2025, 1:37pm
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Photo / NZ Herald

"Part of the process": Expert breaks down potential role of AI in marking exams

Author
Newstalk ZB,
Publish Date
Wed, 6 Aug 2025, 1:37pm

An artificial intelligence expert says the tech will always need human input for marking school exams.  

Education Minister Erica Stanford says AI's already partly used to grade assessments, and it could do most of them by 2028.  

It's alongside Government plans to replace NCEA with entirely new qualifications.  

New Zealand AI Founder, Justin Flitter, told Kerre Woodham the tool should supplement a teacher's process, not become it. 

He says the teacher should apply the AI assessment to their lived experience and knowledge of the student. 

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