From Year 11 NCEA to Year 13 scholarship writing, GradingPen helps Kiwi teachers give every student detailed, meaningful feedback — without spending your evenings and weekends marking.
NZ teachers navigate NCEA Achievement Standards, mixed-ability classrooms, and the unique demands of the New Zealand Curriculum. GradingPen handles the marking so you can focus on the teaching.
Use the standard Not Achieved / Achieved / Merit / Excellence scale with performance descriptors mapped to any Achievement Standard.
Upload a full class set — PDFs, Word docs, or pasted text — and grade them all simultaneously. No more evening marking sessions.
Google Workspace for Education is used by the majority of NZ schools. GradingPen integrates directly — import students, grade, push feedback back.
Student work is never used to train AI models. Designed to comply with the New Zealand Privacy Act 2020.
GradingPen works across all written assessment types in the New Zealand system.
| Assessment Type | Year Level | How GradingPen Helps |
|---|---|---|
| Essay Writing (Internal) | Year 11–13 (Levels 1–3) | Rubric-based grading aligned to Achievement Standard descriptors; N/A/M/E feedback per criterion |
| Written Text Analysis | Year 11–13 English | Feedback on how well students analyse language, structure, and purpose — aligned to AS 90852, 91098, 91473 |
| Creative Writing (Internal) | Year 11–13 English | Craft, voice, structure, and control of language criteria; Merit/Excellence differentiators highlighted |
| Senior Practice Essays | Year 12–13 Humanities | History, Geography, Social Studies — argument structure, evidence use, and NCEA marker-style feedback |
| Scholarship Preparation | Year 13 | Higher-order analytical feedback to help top students hit Outstanding Scholar performance |
Google Classroom is dominant across New Zealand government schools. Many secondary schools and polytechnics also use Moodle or Canvas for assignment management.
Create a rubric using NCEA grade descriptors for your specific Achievement Standard, or adapt one of GradingPen's built-in templates.
Connect Google Classroom or upload essays as PDFs, Word docs, or plain text. Batch grading handles a full class in one go.
AI grades each essay with criterion-by-criterion commentary. Review, adjust if needed, then push feedback directly back to students.
Free to start. Works with Google Classroom and the tools you already use.
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