State-led AI evaluation is critical because robust national evaluation research is lacking and local leaders weigh state and local results more heavily¶
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q1 i? State-led evaluation efforts are critical because of a general lack of robust national evaluation research on AI in education and because local leaders seek and weigh state and local evaluation results more heavily. → Ruiz 2025
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Ruiz 2025¶
Ruiz, P., Prado, Y., Roschelle, J., & Fusco, J. (2025). What States Say About Evaluating AI in Education: Reviewing Guidance From 32 States and Puerto Rico. Digital Promise. https://doi.org/10.51388/20.500.12265/280
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Authors' argument (citing Roschelle et al., 2024) for why state-level evaluation guidance matters. The report offers no empirical evidence of its own for this premise; it is the stated rationale for the review.
"State-led evaluation efforts are critical because: (a) there is a general lack of robust national evaluation research on AI in education settings; and (b) despite an interest in national evaluation research, local leaders seek and weigh state and local evaluation results more heavily"
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State-led AI evaluation is critical because robust national evaluation research is lacking and local leaders weigh state and local results more heavily |
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State-led AI evaluation is critical because robust national evaluation research is lacking and local leaders weigh state and local results more heavily |
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