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AI grading for teachers who still give paper tests.

What is AI grading for teachers?

Short answer: AI grading means software drafts a score and feedback for each student answer against your rubric or answer key. With Mark My Tests you upload the test, the rubric and your students’ work, including handwritten paper tests. Low-confidence answers are flagged first, and nothing reaches students until you approve every grade.

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How it works

From your test to reviewed results.

  1. 1From a stack of tests to reviewed gradesMost AI graders assume students typed their answers. Mark My Tests starts from the tests you already give on paper: scan the class set into one PDF, upload photos, or use typed answers.
    • Upload the test and your rubric or answer key.
    • Add the class set as one PDF, separate files or phone photos.
    • Check that each script is matched to the right student.
    • Review the drafted scores and feedback, starting with the flagged ones.
    • Export grades to a spreadsheet and send each student a PDF.
  2. 2The AI drafts; you gradeAI grading works best when it does the first pass and you make the call. Every score shows the reasoning against your rubric, so you can accept it or change it.
    • Low-confidence reads and scores are flagged for you first.
    • Change any score or comment before release.
    • Nothing is shared with students until you approve it.
  3. 3Works with the tests you already giveThere is no question bank to adopt. Unit tests, quizzes, midterms and practice exams all work, in any subject, as long as you have the rubric or answer key.
    • Short-answer and extended written responses.
    • Math with the work shown.
    • Any grade level, school, college or tutoring program.
Example answer

One answer, marked against your scheme.

Each answer is checked point by point against the mark scheme you uploaded, not a generic rubric.

Switch between the AI draft and the answer after your review. Example data.

Q4 · Science · Rates of reaction · 3 marksExample data

Explain why increasing the temperature increases the rate of a reaction.

Student answerthe particles move faster so they collide more often
Mark scheme · Points
✓Particles have more kinetic energy or move faster.
✓More frequent collisions. Allow “collide more often”.
–More collisions have at least the activation energy. Not in this answer.
×Do not accept: “particles collide harder” on its own.
Marker 1: 2Marker 2: 2Markers agree
Both markers credited the same two points, so the mark stands.2/3
Why teachers use it

Built around your assessment.

Your rubricGrade against the rubric or answer key you already use, not a generic one.
Paper or typedUpload scanned or photographed paper tests, or typed answers.
You decideEvery score is a draft until you approve it.
Pay per testPriced per student script, with no subscription required. Prices are in GBP.
Questions

Questions teachers ask before trying AI grading

Anything else, ask us. We will tell you plainly what it does and does not do.

Keep exploring

Gradescope alternativeFor teachers without an institutional licence.Learn more →Grade handwritten tests with AIScanned and photographed paper tests, start to finish.Learn more →AI grading with your rubricHow the AI follows your rubric or answer key.Learn more →How it worksThe six steps from upload to released results.Learn more →PricingPer-script prices by length, with no subscription required.Learn more →

Start with this week's test.

Use the paper you already set. You stay in control of every mark, your students get better feedback, and you see what to teach next.

No subscription required. You approve every mark.
Getting started
  1. 1Upload your test and mark schemeThe questions and mark-scheme points are pulled out for you to check.
  2. 2Add the class's scriptsScan the pile as one PDF, upload a file per student, or let students scan a QR code on their devices.
  3. 3Review and releaseEach student starts marking as soon as their name is confirmed. You check the flagged answers and release.