Assignment feedback drafts
Teachers spend more time writing feedback than reading work. An agent can draft against the rubric, but the grade is a professional judgement with consequences for a student's record, and it stays with the teacher.
The job on one screen
| Runs when | An assignment is submitted and the rubric exists. |
|---|---|
| Reads | The submission, the rubric, the assignment brief, and exemplar answers. |
| Decides | Which rubric criteria are evidenced, and what specific feedback would help. |
| Produces | Draft feedback per criterion with quotes from the work. |
| Stops when | Draft produced. The teacher edits and grades. |
| Tools it needs | Submission store, rubric, exemplar library. |
| Autonomy to start at | Approve. It does the work and stops before the irreversible step. |
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The checks the draft has to pass
The model writes, then code checks. A draft that fails any check never reaches the send step, and the failure is shown rather than silently patched.
| Check | What it protects against |
|---|---|
| No grade or score | A drafted grade anchors the teacher and, if it leaks, becomes a decision the student can challenge. |
| No comparison to peers | Comparative feedback is demotivating and, in many institutions, against policy. |
| Contains a concrete next step | Feedback without an action is a verdict, and students cannot act on a verdict. |
| Under 90 words | Long feedback is read as criticism regardless of content, and the specific advice gets lost. |
Where this one goes wrong
Grading by implication
Excellent work with minor issues is a grade. Keep evaluative language out and stay descriptive.
Generic feedback
Feedback that would fit any essay teaches nothing. Require a quote from the actual work in every criterion.
Detecting AI use
Do not let this agent judge whether work was AI-written. Those detectors are unreliable and the accusation is serious.
How you would know it is working
| Measure | Why that one |
|---|---|
| Teacher edit rate | How much they change before sending. |
| Time per assignment | The saving, and it is substantial. |
| Student action on feedback | The outcome that matters and almost nobody measures. |
Earning more rope
| Assist | Draft feedback for the teacher to rewrite. |
| Approve | Draft with rubric criteria evidenced, teacher edits and grades. Right level. |
| Auto | Never grade automatically. Assessment decisions carry academic and legal weight. |
Feedback and grading are different acts. One can be drafted at volume, the other is a professional judgement that a person has to be able to defend.
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