The future of AI in high stakes testing: the fairness question
By IOE Blog Editor, on 3 April 2025

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3 April 2025
Artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming high stakes testing. But how do candidates experience these tests? Are they trusted as fair and reliable measures? In 2023 a major research collaboration between UCL IOE and Pearson explored these crucial questions, focusing on the AI-driven PTE Academic test, a computer-based English proficiency language test often used to support study and visa applications and professional registration. Nearly two years on from the publication of our research report, AI-led assessment has continued to expand, raising new challenges around equity, bias and transparency. While AI has the potential to improve efficiency and standardisation, its role in shaping test-takers’ futures demands ongoing scrutiny. (more…)