NYT data on AI and test scores: offloading hurts, tutoring helps
_akpiper · x · 2026-10-12
Education researcher Marc Watkins notes that the NYT's reporting on the latest AI and student test score data mirrors what he sees across education: students who fully offload work to AI flounder under proctored conditions, while those who use AI like a tutor retain information and improve performance.
The upshot: what matters is how — not whether — students use AI, with studies agreeing AI is changing how young people learn and remember.
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