Can Google’s AI assistant be an accessible tool for college prep in an otherwise expensive industry?
Gemini now offers free practice SAT tests.
The assistant will also back Khan Academy’s Writing Coach.
AI’s education creep continues despite concerns from educators.
Over the last year, AI has only continued its creep into education. Students and teachers alike use AI assistants for everything from making flash cards to conducting large-scale project research, and companies have responded with features like ChatGPT Study Mode and teacher-specific services tailored to those use cases.
Now, Google has set its sights on standardized testing. Starting Wednesday, students can use Gemini to help study for the SATs, the company announced. Users can access „full-length, on-demand practice exams“ directly in the chatbot for free.
Continuing its investment in educational tools, Google said it partnered with The Princeton Review to ensure its tests use „rigorously vetted content from leading education companies“ to ensure users are „preparing with material that more closely resembles what you’ll see on test day“, the company explained.
Because standardized tests tend to follow a specific formula that rewards learning patterns more so than critical thinking or other metrics of learning, SAT prep might be an ideal application for AI in education. By providing practice exams, Gemini is now another free resource in the expensive and otherwise inaccessible world of college prep and applications.
