Conversational assessment for the AI era
Students can generate the answer.Can they explain it?
AI has changed what it means to complete an assignment. Verity gives every student a short, friendly conversation where they explain their thinking, work through problems, and show what they actually understand.
Built for classrooms, not compliance departments.
The problem
Homework used to show us who was learning.Now, we’re guessing.
Students can produce essays, code, and problem sets in seconds. Teachers see polished work, but often have no way of knowing whether the student understands the ideas behind it.
The problem is bigger than cheating. When educators cannot see how students think, they cannot identify misconceptions, give meaningful feedback, or know who needs help.
- 01A student completes the work.
- 02A teacher reviews it.
- 03The work is evidence of learning.
- 01A student generates the work.
- 02A teacher reviews it.
- 03The work may reveal almost nothing.
The old signal is broken.
Meet Verity
A five-minute conversation can reveal more than five pages of homework.
Verity gives each student a friendly, adaptive verbal assessment: they explain concepts in their own words, talk through problems, and respond to new scenarios, while the conversation adjusts with every answer — moving forward when a student understands, and gently asking a deeper question when an answer is vague, memorized, or incomplete.
It feels less like an exam and more like speaking with a thoughtful teacher who has time for every student.
How it works
From assignment to real understanding.
Step 01
Build the assessment
The instructor uploads an assignment, learning objectives, or grading rubric. Verity creates a conversational assessment designed around the concepts students should understand.
Step 02
Students talk it through
Each student completes a short verbal conversation. Verity asks them to explain ideas, solve variations, and defend their reasoning.
Step 03
Verity analyzes the evidence
Verity identifies demonstrated understanding, misconceptions, uncertainty, and moments that may require instructor review.
Step 04
Teachers see what matters
The instructor receives a clear report showing what each student understands, where they struggled, and which concepts need to be retaught.
Why it works
Copying the answer stops being the shortcut.
A student can paste a homework question into an AI tool and get an answer in seconds — but that stops being useful the moment they have to explain it aloud, answer a follow-up, and apply it to something new. Knowing that conversation is coming is what gives them a reason to actually study.
Verity may flag for instructor review when a student
- Appears to be reading a generated response
- Repeatedly pauses before answering
- Gives polished answers without being able to explain them
- Cannot adapt when the problem changes
These signals are never treated as automatic proof of misconduct. They are presented alongside the transcript and assessment evidence so the teacher can make the final judgment.
We are not trying to catch students using AI.
We are making understanding easier than pretending.
For educators
Stop grading outputs.Start seeing understanding.
AP Computer Science · Period 3
Class overview
30
students
4
assessments
84%
avg. mastery
3
flagged for review
Amir paused for 11 seconds — long enough to switch tabs — then read back an answer that sounded like ChatGPT, and couldn’t explain one of the terms in it.
Open transcript →37%
of students believe a recursive function can execute without a base case. Recommended: revisit termination conditions before the next assignment.
Verity turns every conversation into evidence instructors can act on. Teachers see who understands the material, who needs help, and what the entire class is missing—without conducting thirty individual oral exams themselves.
For students
Challenging without feeling intimidating.
Traditional oral exams can feel formal and stressful. Verity is designed to feel encouraging, patient, and conversational.
Students have space to think, correct themselves, and explain ideas in the way that feels natural to them. Verity does not only reward fast answers. It looks for reasoning, growth, and genuine understanding.
A chance to explain
Students receive credit for their reasoning, not only their final answer.
Feedback that teaches
Verity identifies misunderstandings and helps students see what to study next.
AI without the guilt
Students can use AI to learn while still demonstrating that the understanding is their own.
Our vision
Education does not need to fight the future.It needs to build for it.
We believe students should learn how to use AI. We also believe they should be able to think without outsourcing every decision to it.
Those ideas are not in conflict.
Verity exists to make both possible.
Use AI. Learn deeply. Prove understanding.
Early pilots
What educators are telling us
We’ve been showing early versions of Verity to teachers and professors dealing with this problem firsthand. Here’s what keeps coming up.
Half my class turned in essays that don't sound like the students who sit in my room every day. I can't prove what happened, and I don't want to spend the year interrogating teenagers.
High school English teacher
I use AI myself, so I'm not trying to ban it. I just want to know who actually understands the material before the test, not after.
Community college math instructor
A five-minute conversation instead of an accusation is the first thing about this whole AI mess that hasn't made me feel like the bad guy.
Middle school science teacher
Want your classroom to be one of the first?
We are working closely with a small number of teachers and schools to shape how Verity fits real classrooms.
Join an early pilot