Feedback & Assessment
Can AI grade essays to my own custom rubric?
Yes, provided the rubric is specific enough to apply. Enter your criteria, performance levels, descriptors and point values, and a grading tool…
Guides for teachers · United States
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CMAS · Colorado
How is writing scored on Colorado’s CMAS English language arts test?
Colorado scores CMAS writing on two rubric traits: Reading Comprehension and Written Expression, and Knowledge of Language and Conventions. Each student writes…
Teaching Practice
What are realistic strategies to reduce teacher workload?
The most realistic strategies to reduce teacher workload are triaging tasks by impact, sharing planning with colleagues, and automating repetitive work like…
AASA · Arizona
How is the AASA writing prompt scored in Arizona?
Arizona's AASA gives every student in Grades 3 through 8 one source-based essay worth 10 points, scored on three domains: Purpose, Focus,…
AP · United States
How do I grade an APUSH DBQ with the 7-point rubric?
Grade an APUSH DBQ by scoring each of the seven points independently against the College Board rubric: thesis (1), contextualization (1), evidence…
STAAR · Texas
How is the STAAR essay scored, and what does the rubric measure?
Every STAAR reading language arts test from Grade 3 through English II includes an extended constructed response. It is scored on two…
EdTech & Tools
What are the best AI tools for giving writing feedback at scale?
The best AI tools for writing feedback at scale are purpose-built teacher assistants that draft comments against your own rubric, keep you…
Regents · New York
How is the Regents ELA essay scored in New York?
Two subject teachers rate each Regents ELA constructed response independently, normally inside the student's own school, and a third rates it when…
Teaching Practice
How do I stop taking grading home every weekend?
Stop taking grading home by building grading into class time, grading selectively instead of everything, and setting a firm weekend boundary. Use…
B.E.S.T. · Florida
How is Florida’s B.E.S.T. Writing scored, and what caps the Development score?
Florida's B.E.S.T. Writing is a single 120-minute source-based essay taken once each spring in Grades 4 through 10. It is scored out…
Feedback & Assessment
How do I give writing feedback students actually use?
Students use writing feedback when it is specific, tied to clear success criteria, and arrives with time to revise before a grade…
CAASPP · California
How is the Writing Extended Response scored on California’s CAASPP ELA test?
California's Smarter Balanced English language arts performance task ends with the Writing Extended Response, known as the full write. Scorers rate it…
