According to the article, the major effect is they are catching and prosecuting cheaters with a secondary effect that students are over-relying on them for homework or practice, and are unprepared for exams.
The article also talks about the fact that the SAT was banned. I really am curious what percentage of the effect is from no SAT vs LLMs. I guess they haven't had the SAT for a while though so it's gotta be the LLMs?
I think its just a sloppy article that doesn't discern students who were going to fail and underperform anyways using AI vs those that were going to do exceptionally well anyhow.
It's ridiculous that we talk about getting rid of standardized aptitude tests and entire subjects from school curriculum because certain demographics struggle with it