The Essay Grading Assistant gives you rubric-aligned scores and actionable feedback on student essays in minutes. Upload an essay or paste in the text, answer a few quick questions, and the assistant grades it against a rubric — building one with you if you don't have one.
How to get started
In the SchoolAI left menu, click Assistants
Select Essay Grading Assistant to open a new chat
That's it — you're ready to go.
Grading an essay
You can start a conversation a few different ways:
Upload a photo or file of a student essay using the paperclip icon
Paste the essay text directly into the chat
Upload your rubric using the paperclip icon and tell the assistant to use it for grading
Ask for help building a rubric before you submit any essays
If you upload an essay without much context, the assistant will ask a few quick questions — like what grade level it's for, what the assignment prompt was, and whether you have a rubric. Once you answer, it gets to work.
Don't have a rubric? Just say so. The assistant will draft one based on the grade level and assignment goals, which you can review before grading begins.
What you'll get back
After grading, the assistant provides:
Scores by category (e.g., thesis, organization, evidence, conventions) with a brief rationale for each
Specific, actionable feedback on what the student should improve
A summary score with an overall assessment
An offer to draft a student-facing feedback sheet you can share directly
Grading a whole class? Use the Batch Essay Grader
If you have multiple essays to grade, skip the chat and use the Batch Essay Grader instead. It's built for grading at scale — upload up to 30 essays at once, review the results, and share feedback directly with students.
Try the batch essay grader banner above the chat prompt, or go straight to Batch Essay Grader.
A few tips
For single essays, you can still upload multiple files at once using the paperclip icon. Hold Ctrl (or Command on Mac) while selecting files from your computer, Google Drive, Dropbox, or OneDrive.
Always review the scores the assistant gives — AI grading is a starting point, not a final answer.
If you're not sure where to begin, just say "help me get started" and the assistant will walk you through it.