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The British Council’s Adam Edmett invites the Test Community Network to help shape a major global study on how teachers are really using AI, from policy and trust to the small classroom practices that make a difference.
Are We Any Closer to Trustworthy AI Marking?
With Jim Wollack, Professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and President of the Council on Test Security
What commercial cheating providers don't want you to know, and why awarding organisations need to rethink assessment.
A personal reflection on an outstanding episode of Isabelle Gonthier’s Tried and Tested podcast, my own research into AI-powered cheating systems, and why effective security should not come at the expense of candidate trust.
How AI could reshape what we assess, the level of capability we expect, and the boundary between human and human–AI performance.
What PSI and Enovate told the Test Community Network
Exploring the convergence of AI coding and affordable hardware to build undetectable cheating systems
Why two layers of evidence are not enough
AI, test security and global perspectives: inside the 51st Annual Conference in Toronto
What should assessment validate when the work already involves AI?
Rick Jones on AI, Item Banks and Why Educators Still Matter
Lessons from a Ufi VocTech Trust funded Project, AI-assisted formative feedback on image and video-based e-portfolio submissions
Amina Afif on trust, technology, and the human capacity that assessment systems still depend on
How Assessment Reform Is Reshaping Central Asia
Jim Henderson on Assessing IT Skills in the Flow of Work
What AQA's Research Gets Right, and the One Thing It Misses
Why Finished Work Can Hide Unexamined Thinking with Gelareh Keshavarz
Rethinking High-Stakes Exams in Pakistan with Munira Mohammad
A preview of the E-ATP conference with 2026 Chair Emily Worthington
IAEA ambassador Ebrahim Talaee on assessing reasoning, not just answers, in an age of distributed cognition
How vibe coding, AI-native platforms, and malleable software are about to reshape the assessment vendor landscape, and what awarding organisations need to do now.
A practical, jargon-free route from awareness to action for awarding organisations and assessment professionals
Richard Gott, Chair of the MemberWise Network, on the strategy gap, the 35% capacity prize, and why the real challenge isn't technology — it's engagement
Tim and Lee discuss a cheap Amazon purchase and the potential impact for Test Security when combined with AI.
Why awarding organisations, exam boards and educators need to understand AI security risks before they deploy AI in marking, feedback and assessment delivery.
Reflections from Assessment Horizons 2026 on feedback, authenticity and the questions we should be asking next
Cyber, culture, impersonation, smart-tech cheating and AI efficiency — what the day surfaced, and what it means for the rest of us
Hugh McNeela from ReadSpeaker discusses the future of inclusive assessment
Mary Pitoniak on the Enduring Pillars of Good Assessment
In conversation with Claire McCauley at Cambridge University Press & Assessment, about The Conference on Test Security (COTS), and why the 2026 edition is heading to Cambridge for the first time outside the United States.
Sponsoring IAEA 2026 means reaching the leaders, policy-makers and innovators shaping assessment worldwide.
Something changed around November last year, did you notice it?
What the OECD Found Across 38 Countries
Key insights for awarding organisation leaders exploring AI item authoring
In a recent episode of the Test Community Network podcast, Tim Burnett sat down with Med Kharbach, PhD, to explore what it actually means to teach well in an AI-saturated world.
With event season now upon us, the awarding body world is gearing up for one of its most anticipated gatherings of the year.
You don't need to be a developer to build software anymore.
If you're exploring how artificial intelligence can support your item authoring process, this is a webinar you won't want to miss.
What happens when you swap a traditional exam for an escape room? Dr. Erin Leeming, a lecturer at the University of Central Florida, decided to find out — and the results have lessons for anyone rethinking how we assess learning.
A practical look at how one awarding organisation adopted AI-assisted marking with confidence, compliance, and learners at the centre.
How to Innovate and Build Trust with AI
Helping Education Move Beyond "Detection"
Moving from paper to digital exams is often seen as an inevitable modernisation, but what path and pace should we take?
Key Insights from Zeynep Urkun
Join remotely to try building an AI Super Agent Workflow
AI tools are already authoring test items in classrooms and examination halls worldwide. But are we truly understanding what happens when algorithms replace—or augment—human item writers?
How Agentic AI and Contextual Analytics Are Reshaping Assessment Securit
Assessment professionals face an urgent need to understand not just whether AI can write test items, but what happens when it does, to quality, validity, security, fairness, ownership, and the very nature of assessment practice itself.
From proxies to overlays, what every assessment leader should know right now.
Understanding when and how to apply different AI approaches across assessment scenarios
The assessment industry is experiencing its most significant transformation in decades, driven/nudged/forced by artificial intelligence (AI), depending on your perspective.
Understanding How AI is Learning to Think About the Physical World—and What It Means for Assessment
The assessment sector is entering a decisive phase. A trend is emerging: organisations are moving away from balanced hybrid approaches and committing more strongly to either online proctoring or test centre delivery. This polarisation reflects strategic necessity and the realities of malpractice, candidate expectations, and operational pressures.
37 actionable plays to adopt AI responsibly, without compromising fairness or trust.
From AI to Equity: The Forces Redefining Assessment in 2025 and Beyond
We’ve just published a new Test Community Network collection on AI and Human Marking Platforms. Evaluating the potential and accuracy of marking tools, human or AI, should be an important part of your procurement process. That's why we've drafted a SWOT analysis of the tools available in the collection.
A guide for awarding organisations and programme owners
AI & Awarding Organisations: From Experiments to Implementation, Building Your 2-Year Roadmap
Learn about the thinking and plans of the Test Community Network
Recorded: Thursday 24th April 2025 - 4pm BST / 11am ET
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