System integrates question creation, testing, AI scoring, teacher review and student feedback

Aims to ease grading burden on teachers while ensuring consistency and fairness

A view of the Busan Metropolitan Office of Education [Busan Metropolitan Office of Education]
A view of the Busan Metropolitan Office of Education [Busan Metropolitan Office of Education]

The Busan Metropolitan Office of Education is introducing an AI-powered support system for written and essay assessments, aimed at establishing a student-growth-centered evaluation model through personalized feedback and building a future-oriented assessment framework.

The office held a project launch briefing Tuesday at its annex to kick off the "Busan AI Written and Essay Assessment Support System" initiative. The system integrates the entire assessment process — from question creation and test administration to AI-based automatic scoring, teacher review and student feedback — into a single seamless workflow.

Ahead of the briefing, the office signed a contract Friday with a digital assessment company specializing in AI automatic scoring technology, and plans to develop the system in collaboration with a domestic IT firm with expertise in web browser and AI technologies.

The office will also work in parallel to strengthen teachers' assessment capabilities. By reducing the burden of question creation and grading through the AI-based system, it aims to ensure consistency and fairness in scoring and establish a "Busan-style assessment model."

Regarding those efforts, the office has been accelerating teacher development: in July, it ran a foundational training course on student assessment for 287 high school teachers to deepen their understanding of achievement-based evaluation and sharpen their skills in writing written and essay questions. In August, it selected 20 practicing teachers to begin developing questions using the new system.

The office said it intends to move away from rote memorization-based assessments and instead support written and essay evaluations that encourage students to think and express themselves independently. It also plans to share high-quality questions and assessment resources with other regional education offices under a common standards framework developed through inter-regional consultations, and to build an assessment management system for the written and essay questions and scoring rubrics developed by Busan teachers.

"We will ensure that this assessment framework, which aims for human-centered future education, takes firm root in Busan's schools," Superintendent of Education Kim Seok-jun said.


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