AI-Created Quizzes Can Save Teachers Time While Boosting Student Achievement

Summer is the perfect time to consider the benefits of frequent, low-stakes strategic assessments powered by artificial intelligence.

By Hunter Gehlbach & Xue Wang

This summer, everyone from homeschoolers to large urban districts like Los Angeles Unified is trying to process what artificial intelligence will mean for the coming school year. Educators find themselves at a crossroads — AI’s promise for revolutionizing education is tantalizing, yet fraught with challenges. Amid the excitement and the angst, and the desire to recover from COVID learning losses, a powerful but often overlooked tool for boosting student achievement lies hidden in plain sight: strategic testing.

By harnessing AI to create frequent, low-stakes assessments, teachers can unlock the scientifically proven benefits of the testing effect — a phenomenon in which students learn more by taking tests than from studying. This summer, it is worth challenging assumptions about testing and exploring how AI-powered strategic assessments can not only boost student learning, but save teachers valuable time and make their jobs easier.