51617 (2025). Hon Willow-Jean Prime to the Minister of Education

Written Question

Published date: 12 Nov 2025

Metadata

Document type:	Written Question
Parliament number:	54
Question number:	51617 (2025)
Question asked:	29 Oct 2025
Member asking:	Hon Willow-Jean Prime
Portfolio:	Minister of Education
Minister replying:	Hon Erica Stanford
Answer received:	06 Nov 2025
Status:	Question Answered
Reply type:	Reply
Document ID:	WQ_51617_2025
Document guid:	43cd6c49-b976-4ac6-b50f-64b2a053e87e

51617 (2025). Hon Willow-Jean Prime to the Minister of Education: Further to 45701 (2025), what other internal or external student assessments, if any, are NZQA currently considering or trailing the use of Artificial Intelligence for?

Hon Erica Stanford: NZQA has an exploratory ‘Proof of Concept’ underway to assess the technical feasibility of using AI and/or Machine Learning to support the marking process for chosen standards. The assessments in scope include: L1 English (91927), L3 History (91438), L2 Business Studies (90843). The Proof of Concept will use data from previous assessments and will not be used in a live environment. NZQA is also working on a Proof of Concept to understand how AI might be used to support NZQA to moderate secondary school marked internal assessments.