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What 200,000 marking decisions taught me about how we mark essays
After two years building an AI marking platform used by 400+ teachers, I've noticed consistent patterns in how marks get adjusted, where judgement calls cluster, and what actually helps pupils improve. The biggest surprise wasn't about accuracy. It was about feedback and time.
The DfE says use AI responsibly. What does that mean in practice?
The DfE's AI guidance is sensible, but it's light on what do we do on a Tuesday night with 30 essays. Here's a practical playbook for responsible AI-assisted marking, plus a copy/paste one-page policy template.
Why raw AI chatbots can mislead when you ask them to mark exam essays
ChatGPT-style tools can give confident, plausible feedback. The problem is that they can over-mark exam essays because they don't reliably apply level-of-response mark schemes. Here's a simple Edexcel A Level Economics experiment that shows why.