Gradescope

What it does

Gradescope (part of Turnitin) is a grading and assessment platform. Teachers upload a scanned exam or worksheet, or have students upload PDFs or photos from the mobile app, then grade one question at a time across the whole class with a dynamic rubric, so a rubric change updates every paper. It also handles online assignments, bubble sheets and programming assignments with autograders. AI-assisted answer grouping clusters similar student answers on fixed-template assignments (for some question types) so the teacher reviews and grades each group at once. Assignment statistics show how the class did on each question, and students can send regrade requests.

Best for

High school and college math, science and computer science teachers who give paper tests or problem sets and want faster, more consistent grading with question-level data.

Price

Gradescope Basic is free and includes dynamic rubrics, question-by-question grading, student- and instructor-uploaded PDF assignments, assignment statistics, regrade requests, data export and the student mobile app (gradescope.com/pricing, checked 2026-11-11). Gradescope Institutional is a school or district license with pricing by quote; it adds AI-powered grading and answer grouping, collaborative grading with multiple staff, online, bubble sheet and programming assignments, anonymous grading, LMS integration and SSO. You can try the full feature set with a one-term Institutional Trial, then keep using Basic for free.

Limitation

The AI answer grouping and most advanced assignment types are only on the Institutional plan, which your school has to buy; Basic is manual grading with rubrics. Gradescope is built mostly around universities, so check that your district has approved it before uploading student work: Turnitin's privacy policy says it relies on the school to get parental consent under COPPA and handles student records under FERPA on the school's behalf. Always review AI-grouped answers before publishing grades.

Grades

Grades 9-12 and college

Subjects

Math and science

Official site

www.gradescope.com ↗

Facts from the tool's own site, checked 2026-11-11. Something changed? Tell us.