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.
📅 Date: Tuesday, 25 November 2025
🕐 Time: 20:00 GMT / 15:00 ET / 09:00 NZDT (26 November)
⏱️ Duration: 60 minutes
💻 Format: Live webinar with expert panel, Q&A, and community participation
Free for Test Community Network members
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?
What are the impacts of using AI to author question items?
This isn't an abstract, future-focused question. Organisations are making decisions today about AI adoption that will shape assessment practices for years to come. Students are encountering AI-authored items in high-stakes exams. Legal precedents are being set. Security vulnerabilities are emerging.
Join four leading experts as they share insights from the frontlines of AI-powered assessment authoring:
This isn't just another webinar, it's the launch of a collaborative Research Sprint where the assessment community will work together to produce practical guidance on AI authoring impacts.
If you're considering AI authoring tools:
Get evidence-based insights to inform your procurement and implementation decisions.
If you're already using AI:
Learn about risks you may not have considered and quality assurance approaches from peers.
If you're concerned about AI in assessment:
Understand the full landscape of impacts, both opportunities and challenges.
If you're researching this space:
Connect with practitioners facing real-world implementation questions and contribute to community knowledge.
Miia brings deep expertise in the intersection of technology, education, and law. As a multi-specialist legal leader focusing on complex tech and IT contracts, intellectual property rights, data protection and governance and emerging technology compliance, she also counsels organisations on the legal implications of AI adoption. Her work also focuses on helping organisations navigate the complex questions of ownership, copyright, and liability that arise when AI systems generate test content.
What Miia will address:
Neil has spent decades refining the craft of assessment item writing and leading item development teams. His expertise spans traditional authoring workflows, subject matter expert collaboration, and quality assurance processes. As AI tools have entered the assessment space, Neil has been at the forefront of understanding how these technologies reshape the roles of item writers, reviewers, and SMEs, and what new skills assessment professionals need to develop.
What Neil will address:
Sergio's research focuses on test security, item exposure, and the protection of assessment integrity. He has published on pre-exposure risks, cheating detection, and emerging threats to secure testing. With AI-generated content entering the assessment ecosystem, Sergio has been investigating new vulnerability vectors, from training data exposure to algorithmic predictability, that security-conscious organisations must consider.
What Sergio will address:
Karl researches practical AI implementation in education, focusing on quality assurance and ethical frameworks. His work examines how organisations can responsibly deploy AI systems while maintaining quality standards and human oversight throughout the development process.
What Karl will address:
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