Artificial intelligence could prompt a “reimagining” of the Higher School Certificate in New South Wales, the chief executive of Catholic Schools NSW told educators this week. Source: The Catholic Weekly.
Dallas McInerney opened the 2024 CSNSW Education Law Symposium on July 15 by advising that AI is “firmly on the radar” of both CSNSW and the National Education Standards Authority.
“What is being contemplated inside NESA at the moment is a totally re-imagined delivery of the HSC in the face of the threat that AI presents to assessments,” Mr McInerney said.
“Whereas instead of having a bunch of exams in October and November in year 12, NESA could be doing invigilated exams all through years 11 and 12 to make sure assessments are free from all the influences [of AI] and have all the reliability and validity that they should.”
Mr McInerney also said Catholic schools in NSW enjoyed a record growth in enrolments in the past year, the highest in 11 years, as well as a growing intake of non-Catholic students.
But while the aim is to continue to offer students the best education possible, the role of AI in the overall scheme remains in “unchartered waters”.
The aim of CSNSW will be to understand the technology “before we roll out the red carpet.”
“There are few things more important than assessment inside schooling,” Mr McInerney said.
“It’s a certification of competence or attainment. If AI is going to disrupt that, and we cannot have faith in either the integrity, validity or reliability of school-based assessments, then we should be highly suspicious of what AI and its influences can do in the school.”
The symposium featured a keynote from former foreign minister and NSW premier Bob Carr and a panel session on the school curriculum.
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AI could prompt “reimagining” of HSC, schools CEO says (By George Al-Akiki, The Catholic Weekly)
