6 papers
Creating and Evaluating K-12 GenAI Assessment Graders Through Context Engineering
Zewei Tian, Alex Liu, Lief Esbenshade +6
The integration of large language models (LLMs) into educational assessment represents a transformative shift in classroom grading practices. While automated scoring systems and ma…
Generative AI in K-12 Classrooms: A Midyear Implementation Report
Lief Esbenshade, Alex Liu, Michael Xiao +6
This mid-year report summarizes teacher use of Colleague AI across 12 Washington State school districts from September 1 to December 31, 2025. Produced jointly by Colleague AI and…
AI as a Teaching Partner: Early Lessons from Classroom Codesign with Secondary Teachers
Alex Liu, Lief Esbenshade, Shawon Sarkar +6
This report presents a comprehensive account of the Colleague AI Classroom pilot, a collaborative design (co-design) study that brought generative AI technology directly into real…
Emerging Patterns of GenAI Use in K-12 Science and Mathematics Education
Lief Esbenshade, Shawon Sarkar, Drew Nucci +10
In this report, we share findings from a nationally representative survey of US public school math and science teachers, examining current generative AI (GenAI) use, perceptions, c…
Implementation Considerations for Automated AI Grading of Student Work
Zewei Tian, Alex Liu, Lief Esbenshade +4
This study explores the classroom implementation of an AI-powered grading platform in K-12 settings through a co-design pilot with 19 teachers. We combine platform usage logs, surv…
Connecting Feedback to Choice: Understanding Educator Preferences in GenAI vs. Human-Created Lesson Plans in K-12 Education -- A Comparative Analysis
Shawon Sarkar, Min Sun, Alex Liu +4
As generative AI (GenAI) models are increasingly explored for educational applications, understanding educator preferences for AI-generated lesson plans is critical for their effec…