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AIA-2026-001217 June 2026

Ministry of Education’s AI marking tool “SMART” scored student writing by word count

NZEI Te Riu Roa urged parents to check whether their school uses SMART, an Australian-sourced AI assessment tool adopted by the Ministry of Education, after teachers reported it assigned identical…

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Ministry of Education’s AI marking tool “SMART” scored student writing by word count