FT's Burn-Murdoch: ChatGPT-assisted coursework means schools are no longer assessing kids at all
jburnmurdoch · x · 2026-09-09
FT data journalist John Burn-Murdoch warns that coursework-based assessment was already gamed by advantaged families, and with ChatGPT in the mix 'you're no longer assessing the kid at all.' He also criticizes moves to scrap school league tables, citing evidence from England, other countries and healthcare that performance targets are hugely effective — the driver behind Mississippi's education gains over far wealthier states. He calls these 'glaring' problems he'd deeply worry about for his own child.
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