Students write in class with AI off. Notegrade drafts scores from your rubric and from essays you have already graded, and you decide every deduction before a student sees a grade.
The review screen. A student paragraph about a four-day school week, with one sentence underlined for Evidence and the suggested deduction beside it, with Accept and Reject buttons.
Maya Okafor · Essay 12 of 34
A four-day week sounds like a gift, but for a lot of families in our district it would mean paying for a fifth day of childcare.
My mom works Fridays at the hospital, and my little brother is seven, so someone would have to watch him every Friday.
The district survey got answers from 212 families, but it was only sent by email, and families without home internet never saw it.
Supporters say teachers would be less burned out, and that matters.
Still, a schedule that works for the people who answered an email is not a schedule that works for everyone.
If the district wants to know what families think, it should send paper surveys home and hold one meeting at night, when parents who work days can come. Until then, the board is guessing.
Draft total 13/16
Drafted from your rubric and 3 calibration essays.
Evidence−1
The claim that “a lot of families” would pay for childcare rests only on your own family’s Friday schedule. One number or example from the survey would show it is more than one case.
Accept AReject R
Counterclaim−1
Conventions−1
One class period, from the join code to the last essay.
Put the six-character join code on the board. Students type it on their Chromebooks and start writing, and you can see from the front of the room who is writing and who has stopped.
When the bell rings, every essay is saved and waiting for you.
The live session card for 3rd period: join code K7M4QP with an End period button, the summary line 22 writing, 3 idle, 2 submitted, and the roster sorted by last name with each student's status, word count, last activity and end time.
Live
Join code
K7M4QP
Go to the Notegrade join page and type this code.
Add 10 minutes for everyoneEnd period
22 writing, 3 idle, 2 submitted.
Student
Status
Words
Last active
Time
Beltrán, Ana
Writing
318
just now
Until 10:52
Larsen, Emma
Writing
287
just now
Until 10:52
Ortiz, Caleb
Idle
141
4 min ago
Until 10:52
Patel, Dev
Submitted
512
Done
Ruiz, GabrielExtended time
Writing
402
just now
Until 11:15
You decide every deduction.
Each suggested deduction points to the words it is about and gives one reason. You accept or reject it, or change the score yourself.
Nothing reaches a student until you return grades.
The review panel partway through an essay: one deduction accepted, one open with a close-call note, and Next essay waiting until every deduction is decided.
Claim4/4
Evidence3/4
Counterclaim3/4
Conventions4/4 was 3
EvidenceAccepted
Counterclaim−1
You name the teachers’ argument with “that matters” and move on without answering it. Level 3 asks you to respond to the counterclaim.
Score three sample essays, and the drafts will follow how you scored them.
Before your first class set, you grade three sample essays with your own rubric, the way you would norm with your department.
You never see a suggested score while you do it. Afterward, Notegrade shows you the criteria where its drafts and your scores still differ.
Calibration, essay 2 of 3: the opening of a sample essay and the teacher's rubric scores for each criterion, levels listed from 4 down to 1, with Counterclaim not scored yet.
Score three sample essays
Essay 2 of 3
Our school should keep a five-day week because the fifth day is when kids who need help actually get it. Every Friday, Mr. Haddad runs a lunch tutoring table for algebra, and last spring I went to it eleven times.
Claim4321
Evidence4321
Counterclaim4321
Conventions4321
You can see how each essay was written.
After a student submits, the review screen shows plain counts: minutes spent writing, paste attempts, and large blocks of text that appeared at once.
It is evidence for you, never a verdict, and students never see it. What the record means is your call.
The writing process line under an essay: 31 minutes writing, 0 paste attempts, 2 large insertions marked as likely dictation, which is allowed for this student. Caption: This is a record of how the essay was written.
Writing process
31 min writing · 0 paste attempts · 2 large insertions (likely dictation, allowed for this student)
This is a record of how the essay was written.
AI is off by default.
Students write on a plain page with no AI tools, and paste is turned off. Before they start, each student reads the rules and what is recorded in four short lines, with no box to check.
The card a student sees before writing, with four lines about time, AI tools, paste, and what is recorded, and a Start writing button.
Four-day week argument
You have 45 minutes.
AI tools are off for this essay.
Paste is off. You can still move text within your own essay.
Notegrade saves how your essay is written so your teacher can see the work is yours. Nothing outside this page is recorded.
What does my teacher see?Start writing
It works on the Chromebooks your school already has.
Notegrade runs in the browser, so there is nothing to install. The student page is built for a 1366 by 768 screen on an older machine, and if the Wi-Fi drops, students keep typing and the essay is saved on the Chromebook until the connection comes back.
The top bar of the student writing page while offline: Offline. Saved on this Chromebook. 412 words, 32 min left, Submit.
Four-day week argumentOffline. Saved on this Chromebook.412 words32 min leftSubmit
Supporters say teachers would be less burned out, and that matters. Still, a schedule that works for the people who answered an email is not a schedule that works for everyone. If the district wants to know what families think, it should
What happens to student writing.
Essays are stored in Notegrade’s own AWS account in the United States, encrypted at rest.
Student essays are never used to train AI models.
We do not sell student data, and there are no ads.
You control what students see. Nothing reaches a student until you review it and return grades.
A school can ask us to delete its data at any time, and we confirm in writing when it is done.
While a student writes, Notegrade records the essay, time spent writing, typing and deleting, paste attempts, and large blocks of text that appear at once. It does not record other tabs, the camera, or the microphone.