Assessment in the Age of AI: How Automation and Assurance are Reshaping the Assessment Value Chain

10th November 2026
AI is the biggest shift in assessment in decades, making exams cheaper to run but harder to trust. This creates two diverging opportunities for providers and investors: automating how assessments are delivered, and assuring that their results can be relied upon.

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Authors: Sam Lecacheur, Ian Koxvold, James Winship

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