# Faster homework, poorer exam results: What AI is doing to students’ learning

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- Al Jazeera, 2026-09-02 06:01 UTC
- Science
- Original: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/9/2/faster-homework-poor-exam-results-what-ai-is-doing-to-students-learning?traffic_source=rss

> A 30-month study of about 27,000 students aged 12 to 18 in China found that generative AI raised homework scores by 18 percent and cut assignment time by about 30 percent. Yet within six months, students’ closed-book monthly exam scores fell 20 percent, while high-stakes entrance exam performance also declined. The findings suggest that outsourcing tasks to AI can improve immediate performance without producing real learning.