Americans are divided over teachers using AI for assignments
Core finding
Americans tilt toward trusting teachers with the technology: 47% agree that educators can successfully use AI to build assignments for their students, including 10% who strongly agree, according to a May 2026 Verasight survey.
Opinion fractures from there, as 27% disagree, 14% of them strongly, and 26% neither agree nor disagree.
Topline scale
Americans are divided over teachers using AI for assignments.
Faculty/educators/teachers can successfully use artificial intelligence (AI) to develop assignments for their students?
n = 1,000 · May 11, 2026 · MoE ±3.3%
Methodology
Full methodology →| Mode | Verasight panel recruited via random address-based sampling, random person-to-person text messaging, and dynamic online targeting |
|---|---|
| Population | US adults age 18+ |
| Field dates | May 11, 2026 |
| Base (unweighted) | 1,000 |
| Margin of error | ±3.3% |
| Module | beliefs |
| Sponsor | Verasight |
| Weight variable | weight |
| Weighting targets | age, race/ethnicity, sex, income, education, region, metropolitan status |
Sources
- reports.verasight.io/r/spsp26
Faculty/educators/teachers can successfully use artificial intelligence (AI) to develop assignments for their students?
Cite this question
Verasight SPSP Omnibus Survey #2026-045, fielded May 11-11, 2026, N=1,000 US adults age 18+, +/- 3.3%.