LightSide Labs

At LightSide, we’ve developed software that can instantly evaluate student writing. In less than a second, we can grade an essay on

At LightSide, we’ve developed software that can instantly evaluate student writing. In less than a second, we can grade an essay on multiple rubric scales and highlight the writer’s strongest and weakest passages on each dimension. Independent research has repeatedly shown this technology is as accurate as human graders, looking for features that human graders look for like content mastery, style choices, and genre awareness.