Excelsoft Technologies and AQA, a leading UK-based exam board, today announced the creation of a joint AI taskforce to collaborate on research and development projects focused on the ethical and secure use of AI in the e-marking of handwritten student responses. For the foreseeable future, marking exams will remain a human process.
This joint AI taskforce will combine AQA's deep expertise in high-stakes assessment with Excelsoft's advanced AI, data and e-assessment capabilities. The collaboration will focus on designing and testing responsible AI models and workflows that support human examiners, improve consistency, and enhance the reliability of marking, while maintaining the highest standards of fairness, transparency and data protection.