Rubric self-check for student writing
Know where your draft stands before you hit submit.
Rubriqly checks your draft against the rubric and shows, paragraph by paragraph, where to revise. It never writes a word for you.
See it work
From pasted draft to a clear next step.
- Paste your draft. Paste it or upload a file. Rubriqly reads it paragraph by paragraph.
- Pick the rubric. Each criterion becomes a question with the rubric’s own level descriptions.
- Every paragraph gets tagged. Does it make a claim? Use evidence? Explain it? You see it per paragraph.
- Levels, with honest confidence. An estimated level for each criterion. Low confidence is flagged: check it yourself.
- Know exactly where to revise. The weakest paragraph is highlighted, with the rubric author’s tip for your level.
- Watch it improve. Check the next draft and see how far it moved.
- 01Paste your draftPaste it or upload a file. Rubriqly reads it paragraph by paragraph.
- 02Pick the rubricEach criterion becomes a question with the rubric’s own level descriptions.
- 03Every paragraph gets taggedDoes it make a claim? Use evidence? Explain it? You see it per paragraph.
- 04Levels, with honest confidenceAn estimated level for each criterion. Low confidence is flagged: check it yourself.
- 05Know exactly where to reviseThe weakest paragraph is highlighted, with the rubric author’s tip for your level.
- 06Watch it improveCheck the next draft and see how far it moved.
Example: a made-up draft and made-up results.
Rubriqly scores your draft against the rubric. It never writes, rewrites, or finishes a sentence for you.
Under the hood, Rubriqly scores drafts with a model that can only pick levels and answer yes or no. It has no way to produce text, so the revision is always the student’s own work.
How it works
Three steps, then you revise.
- Step 1
Pick a rubric
Start with a built-in rubric, scan a photo of your teacher’s rubric, or build your own.
- Step 2
Add your draft
Paste your text or upload a .docx, .pdf or .txt file. Add the assignment prompt if you have it.
- Step 3
Revise with feedback
See estimated levels, paragraph tags and the rubric’s tips, then make the changes yourself.
Rubric library
Start from a rubric, or bring your own.
Built-in rubrics cover common assignments. Scan a photo of your teacher’s rubric, or write your own criteria, levels and tips in the builder.
- Built-in · 5 criteria · 4 levelsArgumentative essayFor essays that take a position and defend it with evidence.
- Thesis clear, arguable, answers the prompt
- Evidence relevant, specific, cited
- Analysis explains how evidence supports the claim
- Organization logical order and transitions
- Conventions grammar, spelling, citation format
Beginning → ExemplaryThesis appears in the first paragraphEvery body paragraph uses evidenceAddresses a counterargument500–900 wordsUse this rubric - Built-in · 6 criteria · 4 levelsLab reportFor experiments: a hypothesis, the method, the data and what it means.
- Purpose question and hypothesis are clear
- Methods someone else could repeat it
- Results data presented clearly and accurately
- Discussion results interpreted, not just restated
- Error analysis limits and sources of error considered
- Scientific style concise, objective scientific writing
Beginning → ExemplaryStates a hypothesisGives units for measurements600–1500 wordsUse this rubric - Built-in · 7 criteria · 4 levelsResearch paperFor papers that build an answer from several sources.
- Research question focused, researchable question
- Sources credible and varied sources
- Synthesis sources in conversation, not a list
- Argument a clear position built from research
- Structure logical sections and flow
- Citation consistent, complete citations
- Academic voice clear, academic, your own words
Beginning → ExemplaryIncludes a reference listDiscusses counterevidence1500–3000 wordsUse this rubric - Build your ownWrite the criteria, the level descriptions and a tip for each level. Add yes/no checklist items and a word range.Open the builder
Rubric library
Start from a rubric, or bring your own.
Built-in rubrics cover common assignments. Scan a photo of your teacher’s rubric, or write your own criteria, levels and tips in the builder.
- Built-in · 5 criteria · 4 levelsArgumentative essayFor essays that take a position and defend it with evidence.
- Thesis clear, arguable, answers the prompt
- Evidence relevant, specific, cited
- Analysis explains how evidence supports the claim
- Organization logical order and transitions
- Conventions grammar, spelling, citation format
Beginning → ExemplaryThesis appears in the first paragraphEvery body paragraph uses evidenceAddresses a counterargument500–900 wordsUse this rubric - Built-in · 6 criteria · 4 levelsLab reportFor experiments: a hypothesis, the method, the data and what it means.
- Purpose question and hypothesis are clear
- Methods someone else could repeat it
- Results data presented clearly and accurately
- Discussion results interpreted, not just restated
- Error analysis limits and sources of error considered
- Scientific style concise, objective scientific writing
Beginning → ExemplaryStates a hypothesisGives units for measurements600–1500 wordsUse this rubric - Built-in · 7 criteria · 4 levelsResearch paperFor papers that build an answer from several sources.
- Research question focused, researchable question
- Sources credible and varied sources
- Synthesis sources in conversation, not a list
- Argument a clear position built from research
- Structure logical sections and flow
- Citation consistent, complete citations
- Academic voice clear, academic, your own words
Beginning → ExemplaryIncludes a reference listDiscusses counterevidence1500–3000 wordsUse this rubric - Build your ownWrite the criteria, the level descriptions and a tip for each level. Add yes/no checklist items and a word range.Open the builder
For teachers
Revision help that stays honest.
Your rubric, your words
Write a rubric once in the builder: the levels, what each one looks like, and the tip students see. Sharing rubrics with a class is coming soon.
More revision before it reaches you
Students see which criteria and which paragraphs need work while there’s still time to fix them.
It can’t do the writing
The model that scores drafts only returns levels and yes/no answers. Every sentence in the final draft is the student’s.
- Drafts and results are saved in your browser, on your device.
- When you check a draft, its text is sent to Vercel AI Gateway to be scored by the Jev model.
- Rubric photos you scan are read by Google’s Gemini model through Vercel AI Gateway, and aren’t kept.
- Rubriqly never writes or rewrites your text.
- Export or delete everything from Settings at any time.
FAQ
Questions
Is this a grade?
No. Rubriqly gives an estimated level for each criterion, an estimate to guide your revision, not a grade. Your teacher decides the grade.
Can it write my essay?
No. The model that scores your draft only picks levels and answers yes/no questions. It can’t write, rewrite or finish text, so every change is yours.
Which rubrics work?
Built-in rubrics cover argumentative essays, lab reports and research papers. You can also scan a photo of your teacher’s rubric, or build your own with levels, descriptions, tips and yes/no checklist items.
Does the AI that reads rubric photos see my essay?
No. Scanning a rubric uses a separate model, Google’s Gemini, that only receives your rubric photos. It copies the rubric and suggests questions and tips, clearly marked, for you to check before saving. Your drafts only ever go to the scoring model.
Is it free?
There’s a free plan with limited usage. Paid plans with extra features are on the way.
What happens to my drafts?
They’re saved in your browser on your device. The text you check is sent to Vercel AI Gateway for scoring. You can export or delete everything from Settings.
Is Rubriqly open source?
Yes. Rubriqly is open source under the MIT license and published on GitHub, so you can see exactly how drafts are scored, suggest improvements or run your own copy. This site is the hosted version.
Which writing does it work best for?
Writing that a rubric can describe: essays, reports and research papers with clear criteria. It’s less suited to creative writing like poetry.