Lost in Literacies? Kim Schildkamp on Assessment, Data and AI in Education
Interviewed by Amina Afif
As education systems become increasingly data rich and technology driven, educators are being asked to navigate a growing range of new literacies. Assessment literacy, data literacy and, more recently, AI literacy are becoming increasingly important capabilities for teachers and educational leaders.
At AEA Europe 2026 in Rome, Kim Schildkamp from the University of Twente will explore these developments in her keynote, “Lost in Literacies? Building Capacity for Assessment, Data, and AI Literacy in Education.”
Ahead of the conference, we spoke with Kim Schildkamp about the ideas behind her keynote, the relationship between different forms of literacy, and the changing role of educators and students in assessment and learning.
The conversation explores the growing importance of different forms of literacy in education and the questions they raise for educators, students and education systems.
Kim Schildkamp
Full Professor in the Faculty of Behavioural, Management, and Social Sciences of the University of Twente, the Netherlands
Prof. Dr. Kim Schildkamp is a full professor in the Faculty of Behavioural, Management, and Social Sciences of the University of Twente in the Netherlands. She is the chair of the Department for Teacher Development.
Her research focuses on data-informed decision making for learning and development, which includes the use of data and AI in education. She also works for NPuls, a National Growth Fund program for all public vocational education training schools, universities of applied sciences, and research universities in the Netherlands. For this program she focuses on professional development in data and AI literacy for teachers and students. Kim is also the past president of ICSEI (International Congress on School Effectiveness and Improvement).