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The comment below was drafted from a student's marks on a Year 8 number and algebra test. Nothing generic: which questions held up, where marks slipped, and what to practise next, because the draft starts from the paper, not a comment bank.

Parent comment · drafted from the marks · example

Marcus has worked steadily in Mathematics this term. On the Number and Algebra test he handled integer operations and percentage calculations confidently, and his working is clearly set out.

His next step is algebra: he solves one-step equations reliably, and is now building the habit of keeping track of the operation order when two steps are needed. Short, regular practice with each answer checked by substitution is the most useful support at home.

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Common questions

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Does it work with scanned, hand-marked papers?

Yes. That is the main flow for test papers: scan the pile you have already marked, and Markpilot reads the awarded marks off each page into the gradebook, half marks included. Anything it is unsure about gets flagged for you to check rather than guessed. Clean scans work best; photographed pages usually work but earn more flags.

Which subjects and year levels?

Two shapes of marking, primary through senior secondary. Test papers with marks per question: maths, sciences, commerce and similar. Essays and rubric-marked work, qualitative or quantitative: English essays and drafts, humanities, languages, arts, and rubric-marked tasks in any subject. If your assessment is one of those two shapes, it fits.

Who is Markpilot for?

Any teacher who marks. It is a tool you control and bring to your own work, not something your school has to install, so it fits most naturally where you already choose your own marking workflow, which is most independent, Catholic and international schools, and increasingly government ones too. You stay in charge of your data throughout: you decide how students are named, first names or initials are enough, and everything you create is yours to edit, export or delete. Whether you draft parent comments into your school's reporting system, give students feedback, or just want your practice papers marked and analysed, it works the same way.

How good are the comments, honestly?

Good enough to edit rather than rewrite, and every draft is yours to change. Comments are anchored to the marks on the paper, not invented: a full-marks question can be named as a strength, a lost-marks question becomes a specific next step. Register rules (no clichés, no raw scores read out to parents, no gendered pronouns) are checked and corrected before a draft ever reaches you. When a draft misses, thumb it down with a reason and the toggles let you steer what it talks about.

What happens to student data?

You control the identifiers: first names or initials are all Markpilot needs, and many teachers use exactly that. We store what the gradebook needs to work across sessions: your roster as you typed it, marks, and the feedback you generate. If you use AI marking, the scanned pages are stored so you can review answers beside the working later; you can delete a student's scans in one click. Papers are processed by our AI provider to do the reading and drafting. No advertising, no selling data, and our data-handling practices are documented; email hello@markpilot.co if your school needs the detail.

Can I fix what it gets wrong?

Everywhere. Extracted questions are editable (labels, max marks, strands, sub-questions like 4a/4b combined or kept separate). Every AI-read mark can be changed in the grid. Every comment is an editable text box, and the AI second-marker flags disagreements instead of silently overruling you. The assumption throughout is that you are the marker; Markpilot drafts and you decide.

What does a credit actually meter?

The AI marking, not the writing. One credit is one paper AI-read into your markbook; fully AI-marking an exam-style paper is three. Comments, redrafts, feedback and class insights are free once marks are in, so you are never rationing the part you came for. Drafts and resubmissions cost half.

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