RubrIQ: AI Grading With Humans in Control

Grade essays, projects and open-ended questions in hours instead of days. Evidence backs every score, and an educator approves every result. 
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The Problem

 Marking large volumes of essays, reports and open-ended answers is slow, and turnaround stretches into days or weeks at peak periods. Consistency slips across markers and long grading sessions, exposing institutions to appeals and moderation overhead, while educators spend more time scoring than teaching. Fully automated, black-box grading isn't an option either: institutions need to see the evidence behind every score, with a qualified educator still accountable for the final call. 

What RubrIQ Does

 RubrIQ is a fully managed grading platform, delivered in partnership with TechWays, that evaluates unstructured and open-ended submissions against your own rubrics and marking memos. It recommends a score with supporting evidence, and keeps a human educator in control of every decision, every time. 

Key Capabilities

Primary-1

Rubric-based grading.

Scores essays, reports and projects against your own criteria and performance levels, with evidence attached to each one. 
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Memo-based grading.

Marks point-allocation questions against expected memo points, explaining what was correct, missing, or wrong. 
Primary (2)-1

Human-in-the-loop oversight.

Every AI recommendation goes to an educator for review and approval before it counts. 
Primary (3)-1

Bulk AI grading.

Clears large submission batches at once, built for peak assessment periods. 
Primary (4)

Management and audit trails.

Full visual submission inspection and an audit trail on every grade issued 

Where It's Used

  • Essay and report marking at scale, with consistent, criteria-based scores and faster turnaround 
  • Open-ended exam questions, marked point-by-point against the memo with rationale attached 
  • Continuous coursework assessment, giving learners faster feedback loops 
  • Moderation and quality assurance, with evidence and audit trails that hold up to appeals 

Proof

  • Judged thousands of learner submissions across 100+ schools at the 2026 IEB-TechWays National AI Hackathon, alongside expert human judges validating the results 
  • Currently under evaluation by Carnegie Mellon University as part of its research into how AI graders perform against human graders 
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Educators shouldn't have to choose between quality feedback and scalability. Graders like RubrIQ combine AI and human expertise to assess complex projects faster, more consistently, and with greater insight.
Joanne Brink Founder & CEO, TechWays

Built For

Schools & colleges, Universities, Assessment & exam boards, Training & skills providers, EdTech platforms 

Integration

A REST API, LMS/SIS integration, and webhooks let institutions and EdTech platforms trigger grading and pull results directly from their own systems. 
Book a short discovery session and we'll scope a pilot around one or two of your highest-volume assessments, so you can see the gains on your own marking first.
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