Professors Bill Cope, Mary Kalantzis, and Akash Kumar Saini, Ph.D. student, all of Education Policy, Organization & Leadership, have published a chapter in a UNESCO report titled AI and the Future of Education.
Their chapter is titled "The ends of tests: Possibilities for transformative assessment and learning with generative AI."
In The Ends of Tests, Cope, Kalantzis, and Saini propose a transformative vision for education in the era of Generative AI. Moving beyond the limitations of traditional assessments—especially multiple-choice and time-limited essays—they advocate for AI-integrated, formative learning environments that prioritize deep understanding over rote recall.
The authors call for education systems to abandon superficial summative assessments in favor of dynamic, dialogic, and multimodal evaluations embedded in everyday learning. Importantly, this model aims to redress structural inequalities by personalizing feedback within each learner's “zone of proximal knowledge." Rather than automating outdated systems, the paper imagines AI as a medium for epistemic justice, pedagogical renewal, and educational equity at scale.
Read the full report here.
