# Americans are divided over teachers using AI for assignments

Canonical page: https://data.verasight.io/ai/americans-are-divided-over-teachers-using-ai-for-assignments/

> Indexed question in AI & Tech.

## Reading

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

Faculty/educators/teachers can successfully use artificial intelligence (AI) to develop assignments for their students?

Americans are divided over teachers using AI for assignments.

Net findings combine adjacent response options from the same scale.

- Somewhat agree: 36.8%
- Neither disagree nor agree: 25.6%
- Strongly disagree: 14.2%
- Somewhat disagree: 13.0%
- Strongly agree: 10.4%

## 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: 2026-05-11 → 2026-05-11
- 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

## Source

- Canonical question URL: [https://reports.verasight.io/r/spsp26#q-1.19](https://reports.verasight.io/r/spsp26#q-1.19)

## Citation

Verasight SPSP Omnibus Survey #2026-045, fielded May 11-11, 2026, N=1,000 US adults age 18+, +/- 3.3%.

Canonical question URL: [https://reports.verasight.io/r/spsp26#q-1.19](https://reports.verasight.io/r/spsp26#q-1.19)