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Posts for category: AI & ML
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Introducing a new 4 part Blog Series: Can We Trust AI to Understand Value and Quality?
Artificial intelligence is becoming deeply embedded in how we teach, learn, and assess. But as LLMs and automated marking tools step into spaces once reserved for humans, a fundamental question emerges: can AI truly understand what we mean by quality and value?
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Variation in LLM perception on value and quality
Can LLM's understand concepts of 'value' and 'quality' in the same way as humans do? If not what does this mean for AI assessment? We completed a short study to explore more, and to think about some of the implications.
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Fairness in Focus: The AI Validation Layer Proof of Concept Powered by RM Compare
In today’s rapidly changing educational landscape, the key challenge isn’t just whether AI can mark student work, but how to ensure every mark is reliably fair. With that mission in mind, our latest proof of concept was designed to demonstrate why RM Compare is uniquely positioned as the foundation for trustworthy, scalable automated assessment.
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Building Trust: From “Ranks to Rulers” to On-Demand Marking
The foundations of modern assessment are shifting. Not long ago, RM Compare introduced “ranks to rulers”: a pioneering process that transformed human judgments—ranking student work by quality—into reliable, calibrated measuring scales that educators and students could trust. Now, new AI validation methods are taking these ideas further, making instant, trustworthy assessment a reality for everyone.
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Who is Assessing the AI that is Assessing Students?
As AI steps into the heart of education, we celebrate the speed and efficiency of machine-marked assessments. But a deeper question shadows every advance: If an AI can now judge student work, who—if anyone—is judging the AI? Could an RM Compare AI Validation Layer be the answer?
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'Cognitive Offloading', 'Lazy Brain Syndrome' and 'Lazy Thinking' - unintended consequences in the age of AI
Generative AI and LLMs are everywhere in 2025 classrooms, making teaching and learning faster than ever. But as research in the Science of Learning shows, letting technology do too much of the thinking for us—“cognitive offloading”—weakens the very skills education aims to build.
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Race to Understanding: Your Item’s “Official Rating” in RM Compare
Ever wanted a single, fair number to sum up how good something is? RM Compare gives each item a Parameter Value—for this blog, think of it as its Official Rating, just like a racehorse at the track.
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How does the RM Compare AI 'Learn' - New Interactive demo
Learning for a machine is not the same as it is for a human - conflating the two is problematic but all too common. The same is true for Intelligence. With our new Interactive report you can now see how the RM Compare Machine learns.
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Where's the beef? Learning, Performance, and the Slow AI Revolution
If you’re old enough to remember the classic Wendy’s commercial, you’ll recall the irreverent demand: “Where’s the beef?” In education technology today, with all the sizzle around AI-powered assessment and automation, the same question applies. Are we seeing deeper learning—or just more output with less substance?