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Built by a teacher, for real classrooms

AI should serve teachers.
Not replace student thinking.

GradeWise is built on the premise that the student's brain should do the work — AI just builds the conditions for that work to happen well. One unified platform for grading, study guides, AP curriculum, games, and many other grading and curriculum tools.

Free to start. No credit card required.

80+
Features
5
Study Guides
5
Live Games
AI
Powered
One Platform, Not a Dozen

Everything You Need — Already Built In

Stop juggling separate subscriptions. GradeWise covers what used to take a dozen different tools.

Grammar Practice
Alternative to NoRedInk

AI Grammar Exercises

AI-generated grammar practice with subskill tracking and analytics.

Essay Grading & Feedback
Alternative to Turnitin / Writable

AI Essay Grading

Rubric-aligned AI feedback with lockdown browser and integrity tools.

See real feedback examples →
Live Classroom Games
Alternative to Kahoot / Quizizz

5 Built-In Games

Knowledge Quest, Class Clash, Vocab Royale, Word Scramble, and Poetry Mad Libs.

Vocabulary Practice
Alternative to Quizlet

Vocab Builder + Vocab Royale

Unit-based word explorer with definitions, usage, and competitive PvP games.

Quiz & Assessment Creation
Alternative to Edulastic / Google Forms

AI Activity Generator

AI-powered quizzes, matching exercises, and worksheets from any topic.

LMS / Assignment Management
Alternative to Google Classroom / Canvas

Full Assignment System

Gradebook, sections, enrollment, messaging, and calendar — all built in.

Literature Study Guides
Alternative to SparkNotes / LitCharts

Shakespeare Library

Ad-free study guides with side-by-side text, TTS, AI assistant, and teacher notes.

AP Exam Prep
Alternative to Albert.io

AP Lang Practice

Skills bank, practice quizzes, and progress tracking for AP Language.

Writing Feedback
Alternative to Grammarly Edu

AI Writing Coach

Real-time AI writing guidance with targeted, revision-focused feedback.

Classroom Management
Alternative to ClassDojo

Classroom Tools

Daily Board, Bell Ringers, Seating Charts, Attendance, and Noise Meter.

Newspaper & Yearbook
Alternative to SNO Sites

Journalism Suite

Full editorial workflow — deadlines, drafts, newsletters, and style guide.

Student Analytics
Alternative to PowerSchool

Analytics Dashboard

Real-time dashboards, gradebook analytics, and school-wide admin reports.

Evidence-Based · Not Trend-Based

What Actually Works in Class

Teachers are tired of new educational buzzwords every year. The GradeWise Teaching Library distills the six highest-impact techniques from Hattie's Visible Learning — 300M+ students studied — into plain English, with what each one looks like Monday morning.

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Specific Feedback
"Good job" is noise. Here's what moves the needle.
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Retrieval Practice
Students forget 70% in 24 hours. This is the fix.
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Teacher Clarity
Students can't hit a target they can't see.
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Scaffolding
Temporary structures that build independence — then come off.
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Classroom Discussion
The most underused tool in your room.
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Metacognition
Teach students how to think about their own thinking.
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Free for every teacher · Community-reviewed · Based on 2,100+ meta-analyses
GradeWise Library

AI-Powered Study Guides

Interactive, scene-by-scene and chapter-by-chapter companions for the works you teach most. Side-by-side translations, literary analysis, tag exploration, and AI study assistants — all built by a working English teacher.

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The Shakespeare Collection

AI-powered study guides for the most-taught Shakespeare plays. Each features side-by-side text, 7 translation styles, and an AI study assistant. More titles coming soon.

Romeo & Juliet Hamlet Twelfth Night Macbeth A Midsummer Night's Dream Othello Julius Caesar
GradeWise Games

Learn by Playing

Educational games your students will actually want to play. Teachers on GradeWise get live multiplayer hosting, custom question banks, and class-wide analytics.

Open Game Hub

All games are included free with your GradeWise account.

Create a free account to play
The Platform

Everything Teachers Need, One Place

The Library and Games are just the start. GradeWise members get a full teaching platform with grading, dashboards, AI tools, and more.

Assignments & Quizzes

Create, assign, manage, and score student work with AI-assisted grading and instant feedback.

Real-Time Dashboards

Instant insight into student progress, missing work, learning trends, and class-wide analytics.

AI-Powered Tools

AI essay grading, feedback generation, quiz creation, bell ringers, and writing spaces — all built in.

See AI rubric feedback in action →

School-Wide Visibility

Admin dashboards for partner schools to track sections, students, and learning outcomes at scale.

See It In Action

Don't Take Our Word for It

Walk through the tools with real student work, real AI feedback, and real classroom data.

AI Essay Feedback

Rubric Feedback Examples

7 authentic student essays with per-criterion AI feedback — from 35% to 100%. See exactly what students receive.

Bell Ringer System

Daily Writing Tour

15-slide walkthrough from teacher setup to AI feedback, live monitoring, leaderboards, and real student examples.

AI Quizzes & Exam Center

Assessment & Proctoring Tour

18-slide walkthrough of AI quiz generation, AP-level questions, targeted wrong-answer feedback, and the two-tier Exam Center with Safe Exam Browser integration.

The Science Behind GradeWise

Built for Human Intelligence,
Not Artificial Convenience

Every feature in GradeWise is grounded in cognitive science research. The student's brain does the work — GradeWise builds the conditions for that work to happen well.

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Desirable Difficulty

Bjork, 1994

The harder it is to retrieve something, the stronger the memory trace. Our retrieval modules force students to recall before seeing answers — no hints, no shortcuts.

Retrieval Practice
02

Generation Effect

Slamecka & Graf, 1978

You remember what you generate far better than what you read. Students predict, write, and hypothesize before seeing content — then revise after.

Predict & Revise
03

Metacognitive Monitoring

Flavell, 1979; Dunlosky, 2013

Students are terrible judges of what they actually know. Confidence-before-answer features expose the illusion of knowing and build real self-awareness.

Confidence Calibration
04

Elaborative Interrogation

Pressley et al., 1987

Asking "why is this true?" dramatically outperforms re-reading. Why-chain prompts require reasoned answers before advancing — directly combating "just ask ChatGPT."

Why-Chain Prompts

The AI Handoff Firewall

Students who struggle with problems before being shown solutions achieve significantly better transfer than those who receive solutions immediately. In GradeWise, AI feedback only appears after the student submits. The student thinks first. AI responds second.

Based on Kapur's Productive Failure research, 2016
"The struggle is the learning. When we hand that struggle to a machine, we rob students of the very process that builds lasting knowledge and genuine intelligence."
— Stephen Shifflett, English Teacher & Creator of GradeWise
Read the Full Research Framework
Simple Pricing

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No trials, no surprises. Every plan includes classroom games, gradebook, and student dashboards.

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$0/mo
Get started with the essentials
  • Up to 2 sections
  • Gradebook
  • All 5 classroom games
  • Daily Board & Bell Ringers
  • Calendar & Messaging
  • Attendance & Seating Chart
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$9/mo
Full AI tools & unlimited sections
  • Everything in Free
  • Unlimited sections
  • AI Quiz & Worksheet Generator
  • AI Essay Grading
  • AI Writing Coach
  • Exam Lockdown Browser
  • Grammar & Vocabulary Builder
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Enterprise
Custom
School-wide deployment for all teachers
  • Everything in Premium
  • School Admin Dashboard
  • Bulk import (students & teachers)
  • School-wide analytics
  • Schedule builder
  • All teachers covered
  • Dedicated support
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80+ Features, One Platform
Everything teachers need — from AI grading to journalism workflows.

AI-Powered Activity Creation 8

  • AI Quizzes — auto-generated from any topic, text, or unit
  • AI Matching Exercises — vocabulary and concept matching
  • AI Worksheets — structured practice with answer keys
  • AI Essay Assignments — rubric grading with revision suggestions
  • AI Writing Coach — real-time guidance and targeted feedback
  • Document Assignments — upload or create document-based work
  • Reading Assignments — progress tracking and comprehension checks
  • Activity Library — save, share, and reuse across your school

AI Grading & Feedback 5

  • Asynchronous AI Grading Queue — essays graded in the background
  • Grade Submission & Review — approve/adjust AI-suggested grades
  • Response Overview — all student responses at a glance
  • Assessment Summary Dashboard — aggregated performance data
  • Feedback Analyzer — AI analysis of common student weaknesses

Gradebook & Grades 5

  • Full Gradebook — view by section, unit, or student
  • Grade Categories — weighted categories (tests, homework, etc.)
  • Student Grades View — students see grades with teacher comments
  • CSV Export — export gradebooks for external use
  • Goals Reports Export — student goal progress reports

Classroom Management 8

  • Daily Board — per-section agenda with objectives and announcements
  • Bell Ringers — daily prompts with leaderboard and Star Writer
  • Attendance Tracker
  • Seating Chart Builder — drag-and-drop arrangement
  • Noise Meter — classroom noise level display
  • XBoard — shared class display board
  • Daily Assessment — quick formative checks
  • Student Messaging — teacher-student communication

Course & Section Management 6

  • Course Creation & Editing
  • Section Management — multiple sections, enrollment codes
  • Student Enrollment — access codes, bulk import, or manual
  • Section Sync — keep content aligned across sections
  • A/B Schedule Support — alternating day schedules
  • Co-Teacher Support — multiple teachers per section

Lessons & Curriculum 7

  • Lesson Manager — create, order, and manage within units
  • Slide Viewer — in-app lesson slides
  • Lesson Progress Monitoring — real-time tracking
  • Unit Manager — organize content into units
  • Objectives Manager — learning objectives per unit
  • AI Unit Generator — "Assignment Buffet" for full unit creation
  • Curriculum Hub — planning tools and template manager

Student Experience 8

  • Student Dashboard — courses, assignments, daily board, calendar
  • AI Study Assistant — on-demand tutoring from course material
  • AI Knowledge Lessons — interactive learning sessions
  • Take Activity — unified interface for all assignment types
  • View Activity Results — scores, AI feedback, correct answers
  • Student Calendar — due dates, exams, and events
  • Idea Library — brainstorming space for projects
  • Student Profile & Preferences

Exam Security & Academic Integrity 6

  • Lockdown Mode — detects tab switches, copy/paste, right-click
  • Exam Security Monitor — live dashboard during exams
  • Security Logs — full audit trail of student behavior
  • Keystroke Cadence Analysis — typing pattern detection
  • Reset Exam Attempts & Violations
  • Per-Activity Lockdown Configuration

Library — Shakespeare & Literature 9

  • Romeo & Juliet, Hamlet, Twelfth Night, The Tempest, Macbeth
  • The Handmaid's Tale study guide
  • British Poetry Collection & Classic Essays
  • Side-by-side text with 7 translation styles
  • Text-to-Speech — AI-voiced read-aloud
  • Teacher Notes — embedded annotations
  • Library Quizzes — comprehension per chapter/act
  • Tag System — searchable literary devices and themes
  • Student Reading Analytics

Vocabulary & Grammar 6

  • Unit-Based Vocabulary — organized word lists
  • Word Explorer — definitions, usage, etymology
  • Vocabulary Games — interactive practice and retention
  • AI Grammar Exercises — targeted practice generation
  • Subskill Tracking — grammar broken down by skill
  • Grammar Analytics — student progress across areas

AP Exam Prep 4

  • AP Lang Practice — targeted AP Language prep
  • Skills Bank — organized by AP skill categories
  • Practice Quizzes — AP-style question sets
  • Progress Tracking — mastery across AP skills

Journalism Suite 12

  • Deadline Tracker — status board with TV display mode
  • Production Cycle Workflow — brainstorm to publish
  • Brainstorm Tool & Story Assignment Sheets
  • Newsletter Creator — AI writing assistance and export
  • Photo Tracker & Layout Tracker
  • Style Guide — searchable AP/school guide with quizzes
  • Copy Editor Feedback — AI-powered editing
  • Editor Role Management
  • Performance & Infraction Analytics
  • Student Portfolio & Goals
  • Peer Rating System
  • UIL Prep — journalism competition preparation

School Administration 10

  • Admin Dashboard — school activity, users, and metrics
  • Manage Teachers & Students — add, edit, bulk CSV import
  • Manage Courses & Sections
  • School Schedule Builder — bell schedules
  • Graduation Management
  • Reports & Analytics — school-wide performance
  • Student Reports — individual performance across teachers
  • Teacher Impersonation — support tool
  • Access Code Generator — bulk enrollment codes
  • Waiting Room — approve new registrations

Platform & Infrastructure 9

  • Subscription Tiers — Free, Verified, Premium, Enterprise
  • School Plan Inheritance — school subscription covers all teachers
  • Google OAuth — one-click sign-in
  • Email Notification System
  • AI-Powered Help Widget
  • Calendar with AI Schedule Parsing
  • Resource Hub & Document Editor
  • Built-in Dictionary API
  • Help Video Library

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