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Turn rubric notes into student feedback—without assigning a grade.

Last verified: 2026-09-07

Do not assign, imply, or convert comments into a letter or percentage. You still grade in the official book. Follow FERPA and district AI policy; paste work without full names when you can.

Top picks

Best Overall

Claude

Good at criterion-by-criterion comments without scoring.

Open Claude

Best Free

ChatGPT Free

Enough for one careful paste-and-review session.

Open ChatGPT

Best Power-User

Gemini

Only if your district allows it for student work.

Open Gemini

Protocol

  1. Paste the rubric and your observation notes (4 min).

    Include the rubric criteria (not a filled score sheet if you can avoid it), what you noticed in the work, and one growth goal. Use “Student A” or initials. Do not paste a class roster or prior grades.

  2. Lock “do not assign a grade.”

    The model may describe strengths and next steps. It may not output A–F, percentages, points, or “this is a 3/4.”

    Copy-paste prompt

    Draft formative feedback from my rubric notes.
    
    Hard rules:
    - Do NOT assign a grade, points, percent, level, or “this would be a B.”
    - Do not infer a score from my adjectives.
    - Use only criteria and observations I pasted. Do not invent quotes from the student work.
    - If I pasted a last name or ID, replace it with initials and tell me.
    - Tone: specific, kind, one next step per criterion.
    
    Output:
    1) Feedback by rubric criterion (strength + next step). No scores.
    2) One overall growth sentence (no grade)
    3) Student-facing comment (under 120 words)
    4) Optional teacher-only note (still no grade)
    
    Confirm the rules, then wait.
  3. Generate comments, then you enter the grade yourself.

    Read for invented quotes. Enter any score in the gradebook yourself. Then send:

    Generate command

    Here are the rubric and my notes. Draft feedback only. If a sentence implies a score, rewrite it. Do not invent student sentences I did not quote.
  4. Paste into your LMS as comments.

    You still post. If you need a shorter comment box, use the block below—still no grade.

    LMS short comment

    Cut the student-facing comment to 60 words. Keep one strength and one next step. No points, letters, or percentages.

When not to

  • Do NOT assign, imply, or convert comments into a letter, percent, points, or level. You still grade in the official book.
  • Privacy: no student full names, IDs, or class rosters in a consumer chat. Use initials or “Student A.” Follow FERPA and district AI policy.
  • Do not invent a quote from the essay to make feedback sound specific.
  • Skip this recipe if you have not read the work. Feedback from a title alone will be fiction.

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