The challenge is to support teachers and students to use it safely, ethically and in a way that supports learning, not undermines it," he said.The technology literacy test is formally known as NAP-ICT.Like similar tests for civics and science, this happens less regularly than the annual NAPLAN test of all students, which measures basic literacy and numeracy.Blaise Joseph, a former teacher and current director of education at the Centre for Independent Studies (CIS), said while the scores were "low", the skills being tested by the NAP-ICT were not as critical to get right at a young age as those measured by other NAPLAN tests.Mr Joseph said the test did not assess AI usage, despite ACARA's survey showing more than half of year 10 students used it monthly.He also said AI had likely made some of the things that were assessed "redundant"."ICT skills … rapidly evolve over time For example, there are several tasks on the ICT tests which many professionals these days would use AI to complete," Mr Joseph said."AI has already made lots of basic ICT tasks redundant, so it makes sense for the school system to focus more on fundamental skills like reading and maths that are not going to be radically different five years from now."Mr Joseph said the test was still helpful for assessing students' abilities to use technology professionally, but said the poor literacy and numeracy observed in NAPLAN were the root cause."ICT skills are ultimately built upon foundational literacy and numeracy skills