How does AI grading work?

Upload your exams or assignments, set your grading rubric, and our AI analyzes student responses to provide instant, accurate grades and personalized feedback.

What file types are supported?

The Learning Mate supports all common file types including PDFs, images, Word documents, and handwritten submissions.

Is The Learning Mate free to use?

Yes, The Learning Mate offers a free tier to get started. You can grade exams and assignments without any upfront cost.

What subjects and languages are supported?

The Learning Mate supports all subjects and multiple languages, making it suitable for teachers worldwide.

How accurate is the AI grading?

The Learning Mate achieves over 95% grading accuracy, closely matching expert human graders. Teachers can review and adjust any AI-generated grade before finalizing results.

Does it support Arabic and other non-Latin languages?

Yes. The Learning Mate fully supports Arabic, French, Spanish, and many other languages — both for reading student responses and generating feedback.

How is student data protected?

Student data is encrypted in transit and at rest. We follow strict data privacy standards and never use student work to train our AI models.

Can I use my own grading rubric?

Yes. You can upload or define custom rubrics for each assignment, and the AI will grade according to your exact criteria and weighting.

Less time grading, more teaching

AI-powered grading that reads real student work — hand-written or typed — and marks your whole class in minutes, across every subject and language. Save 10+ hours every week.

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Every subject supported

8 languages supported

EnglishالعربيةFrançaisEspañolDeutsch中文हिन्दीPortuguês

Real graded examples

English

Student answer, exam paper & mark scheme · switch tabs to read

Sample

22 pages

The Learning Mate gradingGrade: 70 / 83

Marks appear here

Hit the button below and watch it grade this paper against your rubric in seconds.

Features

Everything teachers need, in one place

From the first photo of a worksheet to the parent update that closes the loop — explore each part of the workflow.

Grading

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Handwritten Instant Grading

Snap a photo of hand-written or typed work and get it scored against your rubric in seconds — short answers to full essays.

Trusted by educators

Grading, measured in
hours given back

2 minutes setup

+500,000

Papers graded

+5,000

Hours saved for teachers

+95%

Grading accuracy

Join the teachers who are transforming their grading workflow — upload, wait 10 minutes, done.

Pricing

Simple plans that grow with you

Start free, upgrade when you're ready. Schools get volume pricing and a dedicated rollout.

Free

Perfect for trying out AI grading

Freeforever

Start free — 2 min setup

Up to 20 student submissions

Detailed feedback for students

PDF & image upload support

Full analytics dashboard

Google Classroom integration

Student & parent access

Safe, secure AI for schools

Student work is encrypted in transit and at rest. Enterprise-grade infrastructure with strict access controls meets and exceeds district-level privacy standards.

FERPA and GDPR aligned, with EU data residency. Student work is never used to train public models, and your admins keep full control of the data at all times.

Built for human oversight: the AI drafts, you decide. Every grade and comment is reviewable and editable before it reaches a student — with clear audit trails for your school.

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Questions, answered

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The Learning Mate grades against your rubric and reaches ~95% agreement with teacher marking on piloted assignments. You always review and can edit any score or comment before it’s final — the AI drafts, you decide.

Yes. Snap a photo or upload a scan and the AI reads hand-written answers, including shown working in maths. Typed work and PDFs are supported too.

English, Maths, Physics, Computer Science, Biology and Business today, across short answers to full essays — with grading and reports available in multiple languages, including Arabic, French and Spanish. You set the rubric, so it adapts to your standards.

Student work is encrypted in transit and at rest, is never used to train public models, and admins keep full control of the data. Our practices are FERPA, COPPA and GDPR aligned.

Yes — connect Google Classroom once and rosters, assignments, and grades sync automatically. Pro and School plans add more integrations and single sign-on for your whole school.

Absolutely. The Free plan is free forever, and paid plans can be cancelled or downgraded at any time — no contracts, no cancellation fees.

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