{"id":51976,"date":"2026-04-16T21:56:15","date_gmt":"2026-04-16T20:56:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.monicacerutti.com\/valutare-non-e-mai-stato-un-atto-neutro-oggi-lo-e-ancora-meno\/"},"modified":"2026-04-16T22:01:12","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T21:01:12","slug":"evaluating-has-never-been-a-neutral-act-today-it-is-even-less-so","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.monicacerutti.com\/en\/evaluating-has-never-been-a-neutral-act-today-it-is-even-less-so\/","title":{"rendered":"Evaluating has never been a neutral act. Today, it is even less so"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image source=&#8221;featured_image&#8221; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221; css=&#8221;&#8221;]<div class=\"dfd-spacer-module\"  data-units=\"px\" data-wide_resolution=\"1280\" data-wide_size=\"40\" data-normal_resolution=\"1024\" data-normal_size=\"40\" data-tablet_resolution=\"800\" data-tablet_size=\"20\" data-mobile_resolution=\"480\" data-mobile_size=\"20\" style=\"height: 40px;\"><\/div>[vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]When we introduce artificial intelligence into evaluation processes, we&#8217;re not just changing tools: we&#8217;re redefining what matters, who matters, and how value is measured.<\/p>\n<p>This is the starting point for my speech at the webinar &#8220;Evaluation and Artificial Intelligence as a Key to Equal Opportunities,&#8221; on March 30, organized by the <a href=\"https:\/\/valutazioneitaliana.eu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Italian Evaluation Association.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>I focused on a question I consider crucial: what happens when evaluation criteria encounter systems that learn from data already affected by inequalities?<\/p>\n<p>What implicit assumptions are translated into algorithms?<br \/>\nWhat effects do we produce when we automate evaluation?<br \/>\nAnd above all: how can we use AI not only to measure, but to reorient policies in a more equitable direction?<\/p>\n<p>We discussed evaluation as a political as well as a technical space, where concepts like Algorithms and Data Feminism become operational tools, not labels.<\/p>\n<p>For me, it was an opportunity to reflect on how to make evaluation processes more informed, transparent, and transformative.[\/vc_column_text]<div class=\"dfd-spacer-module\"  data-units=\"px\" data-wide_resolution=\"1280\" data-wide_size=\"40\" data-normal_resolution=\"1024\" data-normal_size=\"40\" data-tablet_resolution=\"800\" data-tablet_size=\"20\" data-mobile_resolution=\"480\" data-mobile_size=\"20\" style=\"height: 40px;\"><\/div>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image source=&#8221;featured_image&#8221; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221; css=&#8221;&#8221;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]When we introduce artificial intelligence into evaluation processes, we&#8217;re not just changing tools: we&#8217;re redefining what matters, who matters, and how value is measured. 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