Claire Marie Vassallo, Head of Department for Assessment, presented her ongoing research, AI-Enhanced Formative Reporting: Transforming Early Years Teaching and Assessment in Maltese Schools, at the Institute for Education International Conference held between 27 and 29 November 2025. Centred on the conference theme Inspire, Foster, Educate: Global Research in Education Today, her presentation showcased key findings from a two-year action research study conducted in a Maltese Church school. The study demonstrates how AI-supported narrative reporting can strengthen formative assessment practices, enhance teacher agency, home–school collaboration and significantly improve efficiency by reducing the time and workload traditionally associated with report writing. This research will be published in July 2026 in the Malta Journal of Education, contributing to national and international discourse on innovative, evidence-based reporting practices in early years education.
