The #1 AI Essay Grader for Teachers
Reduce grading time by 80%. Grade your entire class's essays in 2 minutes or less and deliver high-quality, specific and actionable feedback to your students.



Why teachers choose EssayGrader
Time efficiency & streamlined grading
Simplify and speed up the grading process with our AI Grader, allowing you to focus on impactful teaching.
Consistency
& fairness
Ensure fair essay grading by removing bias and aligning with state standards like Texas STAAR, Florida BEST and CCSS.
Actionable insights
& feedback
Receive detailed essay feedback and growth insights you can seamlessly share with your students.
Useful features for all teachers
A simple process.
No tech skills needed with our AI essay grader.
Upload your own rubrics
Upload the rubrics you use in your classroom—including AP LEQ rubrics—and set custom criteria for each assignment.
Upload essays
Upload entire class submissions in a single click from Google Classroom, Canvas, Google Drive One Drive, Box, DropBox.
Download results at scale
Get detailed feedback and error reports on the essays, ready to share with your students.
What teachers say about our essay grader
Frequently asked questions
Our answers to some of the most common questions teachers ask us. Feel free to contact us, if you don't see your particular question.
EssayGrader is an AI-powered essay grading platform designed to help teachers streamline the grading process and save hours of time.
Our AI essay grader allows teachers in the elementary, middle school, high school, and college levels to recreate their grading rubrics, customized to match their specific curriculum and standards.
Teachers can directly import student submissions from their learning management systems like Google Classroom, Canvas, and soon, Schoology into EssayGrader.
Using advanced AI technology and proprietary algorithms, EssayGrader instantly applies the rubric to scan, analyze, and evaluate each paper. It delivers accurate grades and detailed feedback for the entire class in just minutes.
Absolutely! Thousands of teachers use EssayGrader every day to grade writing in all kinds of subjects - not just English. Whether it's History essays, Science reports or Geography assignments, EssayGrader can handle it.
Absolutely! EssayGrader supports multiple languages, including Spanish, French, Chinese, Japanese and more. You can set different input and output languages, and it also supports English variants like US, UK, and Australian English.
We take a privacy-first approach and follow strict data minimization practices. Student names, emails, or IDs are never required to grade assignments.
All student work remains fully owned by the teacher or school, and is protected with encryption both in transit and at rest. We use submissions solely to generate grading feedback. We never use them to train AI essay grading models, and we never resell or share any data.
Teachers have full control and can delete submissions at any time. EssayGrader is FERPA and COPPA compliant, follows the NIST cybersecurity framework, is SOC 2 Type I certified, and uses industry-standard security protocols to keep your data safe.
EssayGrader’s grading is highly accurate, with less than 5% variance compared to human grading in a sample of over 500 essays. This variance may arise from personal biases or grading fatigue. While EssayGrader works to minimize errors and ensure reliable results, we encourage teachers to be part of the feedback loop with the students. Our built-in features allow teachers to review and adjust feedback before sharing it with students.
EssayGrader uses advanced artificial intelligence to streamline the grading process. Unlike traditional methods, which can be time-consuming and prone to fatigue-based inconsistencies, our AI Essay Grader provides instant, consistent evaluations based on the rubric you create. Teachers can focus more on personalized instruction by letting the AI handle repetitive tasks.
An AI Essay Grader, like ours, offers several benefits for educators and teachers, including:
- Speed: Grades essays and papers instantly, saving teachers hours of manual work.
- Consistency: Eliminates grading bias by applying the same rubric uniformly.
- Scalability: Grades large classes or multiple submissions within minutes.
Customizability: Adapts to rubrics for various subjects and languages.EssayGrader, for example, ensures high accuracy and supports educators in providing timely, quality feedback.
Absolutely not! Teachers use EssayGrader to grade short answers, DBQs, research reports, case studies, long-form essays, short-form essays, journals, summaries, and more. If it involves writing, EssayGrader can handle it.
Yes and yes! EssayGrader includes built-in tools for both AI writing detection and plagiarism checks. If a submission shows signs of AI-generated content or overlaps with work from other students, it will be flagged for your review. It’s a simple way to uphold academic integrity while streamlining your grading process.
Absolutely! EssayGrader supports all major curriculum standards and academic frameworks, including CCSS (with state-specific adaptations), Texas STAAR, Florida B.E.S.T., Arkansas ATLAS, College Board AP, and more. We also support international standards like IB, Cambridge, British, Australian, Canadian, New Zealand, and Singapore frameworks.
You can explore our library of 400+ prebuilt rubrics, or easily create your own rubric in under a minute by uploading your rubric files. It’s fast, flexible, and built to match your exact teaching needs.
EssayGrader’s integrations with Google Classroom, Canvas and Schoology learning management systems are natively built into the platform, with no reliance on third-party middleware. That means no extra steps for the teachers, no app-hopping, and no unnecessary friction. Everything works securely and seamlessly within EssayGrader, so you can import student work and start grading right away - without compromising speed or student data privacy.
Absolutely! In addition to individual educator plans, EssayGrader offers school and district-wide licenses. If you're interested, just reach out to us at hello@essaygrader.ai or book a demo here and we’ll help customize a plan that fits your school's needs.
You can also check out our Schools & Districts section in the FAQ for more details.
Absolutely! We partner with schools, school districts, and colleges across the U.S to provide tailored, school-wide solutions. Book a quick demo to learn more about our plans and how EssayGrader can support your teachers at scale.
Yes, we do. EssayGrader signs DPAs with school districts and is listed on the National Data Privacy Agreement (NDPA) database. If your district uses its own DPA, feel free to send it over at privacy@essaygrader.ai. Due to the high volume of requests, please allow up to 2 weeks for our legal team to review and respond.
You can download our W9 from essaygrader.ai/w9 or request it by emailing hello@essaygrader.ai.
We take a privacy-first approach and follow strict data minimization practices. Student names, emails, or IDs are never required to grade assignments.
All student work remains fully owned by the school, and is protected with encryption both in transit and at rest. We use submissions solely to generate grading feedback. We never use them to train AI models, and we never resell or share any data.
Your educators have full control and can delete submissions at any time. EssayGrader is FERPA and COPPA compliant, follows the NIST cybersecurity framework, is SOC 2 Type I certified, and uses industry-standard security protocols to keep your data safe.
Yes! Every school receives a live onboarding training session at the time of purchase, so your staff can start grading with confidence from day one. We also offer two free certification courses for educators who want to become EssayGrader AI Certified - perfect for those who want to deepen their skills and master the platform.
In fact, schools that complete our expert-led onboarding see a 35% increase in usage, thereby giving you a better ROI on EssayGrader.. We strongly recommend adding training to ensure your Teachers get the most out of our AI essay grader.
EssayGrader integrates directly with Google Classroom, Canvas, and Schoology. These are native integrations built into the platform, meaning there’s no need for third-party middleware. Teachers can import student submissions, grade them using EssayGrader, and export the results back to the choice of their LMS - all without extra steps, app-switching, or added friction. It’s a fast, secure, and seamless experience that protects student data and saves valuable time.
Yes! EssayGrader integrates seamlessly with Google Classroom. You can import assignments, grade them using your rubric, check for AI and Plagiarism and sync grades back to the Classroom - all in just a few clicks. It’s our most popular integration, with over half a million assignments graded through it so far.
Yes! EssayGrader integrates seamlessly with Canvas LMS. You can import assignments, grade them using your rubric, check for AI and Plagiarism and sync grades back to the Canvas (SpeedGrader) - all in just a few clicks. It’s our 2nd most popular integration, with over 300,000 assignments graded so far.
We are working on a Schoology integration and we should have that ready by September 2025.
Ask your IT team to whitelist the following domains:
- essaygrader.ai
- app.essaygrader.ai
If they need any help, feel free to contact us by sending a quick note to support@essaygrader.ai and we’ll be happy to assist.