GenAI is argued to create an opportunity to move assessment away from sorting and ranking students toward recognising diverse ways of knowing¶

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q1 i? The authors argue that GenAI creates an opportunity to move away from assessment practices that sort and rank students toward approaches that recognise diverse ways of knowing. → Dollinger 2026

Evidence¶

Dollinger 2026¶

Dollinger, M., & Nieminen, J. (2026). Reimagining success and failure: equitable assessment practices in an age of AI. Journal of University Teaching and Learning Practice, 23(1). https://doi.org/10.53761/20z06b11

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Conceptual argument advanced in this conceptual paper's abstract. The authors explicitly frame this as an argument ("We argue") rather than an empirical finding; no data or tests are reported in the supplied text.

"We argue that GenAI creates an opportunity to move away from assessment practices that sort and rank students toward approaches that recognise diverse ways of knowing."

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