Grade high school essays faster, with feedback students read
With 120+ students and a new essay every few weeks, grading eats your evenings and weekends. RubricPal does the first pass: it scores each essay against your rubric, highlights the exact sentences to fix, and drafts a note to the student. You review, adjust and share.
Sound familiar?
- Weekends lost to a stack of 120 essays
- Writing the same comment (“cite your evidence”) 40 times
- Students skipping straight to the grade and ignoring the comments
Recommended settings
- Essay type
- Argumentative, literary analysis, expository
- Grade level
- Grades 9-10 or 11-12
- Rubric
- Analytic 6-trait or your own
How RubricPal helps
Your rubric, applied consistently
Use the built-in 6-trait analytic rubric or paste your own. Essay #1 and essay #120 are judged the same way.
Comments on the exact sentence
Highlights grammar, clarity, evidence, structure, style and citation issues with a suggested fix for each.
Class insights
See which rubric criterion the whole class struggles with, so you know what to reteach tomorrow.
How it works
Three steps. No training needed.
If you can attach a file to an email, you can use RubricPal.
- 1
Add the essay
Paste it, upload Word or PDF, snap a photo of handwriting, or drop in a whole class at once.
- 2
Pick your rubric
Choose grade level and a built-in rubric, or paste the rubric you already use. Add the assignment prompt if you like.
- 3
Review and share
Get a score per criterion, inline comments and a note to the student in under a minute. Adjust, then share a link or print.
Common questions
Does it replace my grading?
No. It gives you a fast, consistent first pass with a suggested score and comments. You stay the grader: adjust, add private notes, and decide what to share.
Can I use the rubric my department already uses?
Yes. Paste it as text (criteria and point values) and save it. The grader uses your criteria names, points and level labels.
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