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AI Grading Assistant

What is Autograde Constructed Response?

AI Grading Assistant is a grading assistant for the teacher. It is a tool that will automatically score students’ written responses to short answer constructed response and extended-response writing prompts. Learn more about how Benchmark Education Company is bringing you trustworthy AI-Powered tools.

We encourage teachers to review student work alongside AI Grading Assistant, and to override the scores if they disagree with the Autograded scores.

AI Grading Assistant Program Availability

AI Grading Assistant will have greater availability to customers in the 2025-2026 school year. Please see below for a list of programs that AI Grading Assistant will be available for:

Program Category	Program Name
Core Programs	Benchmark Advance versions c2018-c2022 \| National, TN, NC, VA, AL, CA, GA, MO, TX, IL, OH, WI, MN, IA, NJ, NY & PA Benchmark Reader’s Workshop \| National, TX, AR, GA, AL
Supplemental Programs	Steps to Advance \| National & CA Steps to Advance Literacy Solutions

AI Grading Assistant currently supports only the programs listed above. If your program is not included, it is not yet supported.

AI Grading Assistant at a Glance

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1. Help article link	Teachers can access a help article from the Grade View page to learn more about the Autograde feature.
2. Notification Icon	Teachers are notified on the Grade View page with an icon “A” indicating those questions were scored by the Autograde.
3. Autograde Score in Orange Color	The score is orange to distinguish the Autograde score from the manual score entered from the teacher. The manual score is blue.
4. Autograde Accordion	Teachers will see an Autograde accordion when a question is scored by AI Grading Assistant. If the teacher expands the Autograde accordion, they can view the Score Explanation. If the teacher decides to override the score, the Autograde accordion will also have an Override Justification tab.
5. Accept Autograde Button	The teacher is in control and can decide to accept or override the score from AI Grading Assistant at any time.

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1. Score Explanation	The Autograde provides an explanation of the score using details from the student’s response, passage(s) content, and criteria from the scoring rubric.

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1. Override Autograde Score	Teachers are in control and can decide to accept or override the score. When the Autograde score is manually changed (e.g., overridden) by the teacher, the score changes from orange to blue, and the Autograde accordion opens, showing the Override Justification tab.
2. Restore Autograde Grade	Teachers are in control and can decide to restore the Autograde score. If teachers select "Restore Autograde," they must then choose "Accept Autograde" again. Note: All Autograde questions must be accepted or overridden to view the raw score and have the test results sent to reports.

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1. Override Autograde Score

Teachers are in control and can decide to accept or override the score. When the Autograde score is manually changed (e.g., overridden) by the teacher, the score changes from orange to blue, and the Autograde accordion opens, showing the Override Justification tab.

2. Restore Autograde Grade

Teachers are in control and can decide to restore the Autograde score. If teachers select "Restore Autograde," they must then choose "Accept Autograde" again.

Note: All Autograde questions must be accepted or overridden to view the raw score and have the test results sent to reports.

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1. Override Justification Tab	Teachers are highly encouraged to enter a justification for overriding the Autograde score; however, it can be skipped if the teacher does not want to write feedback. The teachers’ feedback will become part of the continuous monitoring of the feature for improvements.

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1. Failure Message	If AI Grading Assistant fails, a message will inform the teacher, and a score will not be provided. The teacher can manually score the student’s response by selecting a score based on the rubric score range.